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Links to tribes, state entities in Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming; federal entities; and local newspapers. Note: the majority of these links require an internet connection.

Tribes

• Shoshone Paiute (Fallon)
• Coeur d'Alene
• Nez Perce
• Kootenai
• Shoshone Bannock
• Washoe
• Northern Arapaho
• Headwaters News: The Native American Workroom

State Entities

Idaho

Agencies & Commissions

• Department of Agriculture
• Idaho Soil Conservation Commission
• Idaho Geological Survey
• Department of Fish and Game
• Idaho Forest Products Commission
• Idaho Department of Water Resources

       Geographic Information System
       Flood Plain Management
• GIS Mapping, DEQ Interactive Mapping Site
• Department of Lands

       Cartography - Department of Lands GIS
• Northwest Power Planning Council
• Department of Parks and Recreation
• Idaho Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors
• Idaho Public Utilities Commission
• Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission
• Recreation and Tourism
• Office of Species Conservation

Legislative

House

• Natural Resource Issues Interim Committee
• Idaho Council on Indian Affairs Interim Committee
• Agricultural Affairs Committee
• Resources & Conservation Committee

Senate

• Agricultural Affairs Committee
• Resources & Environment Committee

National Conference of State Legislatures

• Agriculture & International Trade Committee - Senator John Sandy, Representative Maxine Bell
• Environment Committee - Senator Dean Cameron, Senator Jack Riggs (alternate), Representative Jack Barraclough
• Science, Energy & Environmental Resources Assembly - Senator Jack Riggs, Senator Mel Richardson (alternate), Representative Golden Linford

Council of State Governments

• Energy and Minerals Committee - Senator Bob Geddes, Senator Mel Richardson, Senator Jack Riggs, Senator Gordon Crow, Speaker Bill Deal
• Public Land Policy Committee - Senator Judi Danielson, Senator Ric Branch, Senator Shawn Keough, Senator Robbi King, Representative Charles Cuddy
• Western Water Policy Committee - Senator Robert Lee, Senator Robbi King, Senator Joe Stegner, Representative Golden Linford

Judicial

• Snake River Basin Adjudication
• Idaho Attorney General's Office
• Idaho State Judiciary & Court System
• Ninth Circuit Courts

Nevada

Executive

• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
• Commission on Mineral Resources
• Division of Water Resources
• Wildlife Commission

Legislative

Statutory Committees

• Committee on Public Lands
• Committee on Public Lands Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas
• Marlette Lake Water System Advisory Committee

Non-Legislative Committees

• Gaming Policy Committee
• Task Force for Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation



71st Session Assembly

• Committee on Energy
• Natural Resources, Agriculture and Mining

Judicial

• Ninth Circuit Courts
• Nevada Attorney General's Office
• Nevada Supreme Court Library

Wyoming

Executive

• Department of Agriculture
• Minerals, Energy & Transportation
• Agri-Business
• Department of Environmental Quality

Abandoned Mine Land Division
Land Quality Division
Water Quality Division

• Game and Fish Department
• Environmental Quality Council
• Water Resources Center
• Water Development Commission

Legislative

Joint Interim Committees

• Agriculture, Public Lands, and Resources
• Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources
• Minerals, Business, and Economic Development

Judicial

• State of Wyoming Judicial Branch
• Wyoming State Law Library Database of Supreme Court

Federal

Executive

Department of Interior
[The Interior Department has pulled most of its sub-sites off-line until its system can be "secured against hackers."]

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• National Park Service
• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Reclamation: Dams
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement

Department of Agriculture

• U.S. Forest Service
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Rural Development

Department of Energy

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): Dams
• National Nuclear Security Administration (Nevada Test Site)

Science Programs/National Laboratories

• INEL (Idaho Falls)
• RESL (Idaho Falls)
• Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (Yucca Mt)
• Power Administrations (Bonneville)

Department of Defense

• Corps of Engineers (Dams, wetlands)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Legislative

House

• Committee on Agriculture

Michael Simpson (ID)
web: http://www.house.gov/simpson/
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
phone:

• Committee on Energy and Commerce

Barbara Cubin (WY)
web: http://www.house.gov/cubin/
email: http://www.house.gov/cubin/zip_auth.html
phone:

• Committee on Resources

Jurisdictions

Barbara Cubin (WY)
web: http://www.house.gov/cubin/
email: http://www.house.gov/cubin/zip_auth.html
phone:

Michael Simpson (ID)
web: http://www.house.gov/simpson/
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
phone:

Butch Otter (ID)
web: http://www.house.gov/otter/
http://www.house.gov/otter/contact.htm
phone:

Jim Gibbons (NV)
web: http://www.house.gov/gibbons/
email: http://www.house.gov/gibbons/contact.htm
phone:

Senate

• Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee

Craig Thomas (WY)
web: /
email: /html/contact.html
phone:

Mike Crapo (ID)
web: http://crapo.senate.gov/
email: http://www.senate.gov/~crapo/webform.html
phone:

• Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Larry Craig (ID)
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email: http://www.senate.gov/~craig/webform.html
phone:

Craig Thomas (WY)
web: /
email: /html/contact.html
phone:

• Environment and Public Works Committee

Harry Reid (NV)
web: /
email: http://www.senate.gov/~reid/email_form.cfm?lowsrc=1
phone:

Mike Crapo (ID)
web: http://crapo.senate.gov/
email: http://www.senate.gov/~crapo/webform.html
phone:

• Select Committee on Indian Affairs

Harry Reid (NV)
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email: http://www.senate.gov/~reid/email_form.cfm?lowsrc=1
phone:

Craig Thomas (WY)
web: /
email: /html/contact.html
phone:

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