WSU Library: Department of Interior Links

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Department of Interior Homepage
U. S. Geological Survey Homepage
- Earth Explorer: with maps, satellite imagery, soil and hydrology data available for order from the USGS.
- Search the USGS Website.
- Search the USGS catalog of publications
- Download 7.5 minute topo maps.
- USGS Ecosystems Division: formerly the National Biological Service
  - Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center: the BRD center in LaCrosse
  - Upper Mississippi River Select a Reach: obtain aerial photographs, GIS data, and project information on each pool of the Mississippi.
  - Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources: their major recent publication
  - National Biological Information Infrastructure: this site was closed by the Federal Government to reduce the number of federal websites. This link takes the user to the Internet Way Back Machine version of the site from July of 2011.
The National Park Service.
- Recreation.Gov: Recreational opportunities on Federal Lands, a cross-agency site.
General Land Office Records: an index to historical land office patent sales from the Bureau of Land Management.
Fish and Wildlife Service
- National Wetlands Inventory
- Fish and Wildlife, Region 3: Great Lakes and Big River
Minerals Yearbook: available from Univ. of Wisconsin Madison, the full image of all yearbooks between 1932 and 1993.