OTHER STATE AGENCIES WITH LAND AND WATER PLANNING
AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILTIES
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Agency
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Responsibility
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Contact
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Wyoming Game and Fish Department
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- Wild game and fish habitat management, hunting
and fishing regulation.
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Tom Collins, 307-777-4509
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State Parks and Historic Sites
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- State parks and hitoric sites management.
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Phil Noble, 307-777-6303
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Wyoming State Geological Survey
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- Geologic, energy, minerals and groundwater research and
data collection.
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Lance Cook, 307-766-2286
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Office of State Lands and Investments
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- State owned land and water resources management.
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Lynn Boomgaarden, 307-777-6629
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FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH WATER PLANNING AND
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILTIES
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Agency
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Responsibility
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Contact
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US Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS)
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- The NRCS works with the local conservation districts
to provide technical assistance to non federal
land users to plan and apply conservation
systems and practices to the
land on a voluntary basis. This
assistance may be provided on an individual or group
basis. Group assistance is normally on a watershed.
Also the NRCS administers several
federal financial assistance programs
to assist non federal land users
to apply conservation systems/practices to the land.
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Ed Burton (NRCS)
307-261-5463
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US Forest Service (USFS)
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- Resource management planning. Land management and project
level plans for National Forest water
resources. "Inland West Water
Reconnaissance" by watershed in Wyoming and
adjacent state forest lands.
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Jane Darnell (USFS)
307-777-6087
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Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
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- The BLM, as a major land management agency in Wyoming,
addresses the management of water quality,
water related values, and other
resources on Public Lands during the
preparation and implementation of land use and activity
plans.
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Rick Schuler (BLM)
307-775-6256
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US Geological Survey (USGS)
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- The USGS has the principal responsibility within
the federal government to collect and analyze
water data and information and
are primary data providers for
water planning. The USGS also provides cooperative
technical and financial assistance to agencies and
universities.
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Myron Brooks (USGS)
307-778-2931
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Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)
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- Water conservation on federal (BOR) sponsored
irrigation projects
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John Lawson 307-261-5671
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US Army Corps of Engineers (COE)
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- The Corps of Engineers Wyoming Regulatory Office in
Cheyenne regulates the discharge of dredge
and fill material into Wyoming
waters in accordance with section
10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and
section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1977.
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Matt Bilodeau (COE)
307-772-2300
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