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Natural Resources within Environmental Agencies

States organize their health, energy, environment and natural resource programs in different ways. Five states have the environmental duties as part of the health agency (CO, ND, KS, SC, HI). The rest of the states have either separate environmental agencies and natural resource agencies, or some level of a combined environment-natural resource agency. The table below shows the authorities of those agencies that combine environmental responsibilities with one or more natural resources duties.

 

Natural Resource Programs within State Environmental Agencies

 

Forestry

Water Resources

Parks

Fish and Wildlife

Land Conservation

Historic Preservation

Natural Area Mgmnt

Mining

Coastal Zone Mgmnt

Waterways

Land Use

Energy

Alabama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alaska

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arkansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorado

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connecticut

x

 

x

x

x

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

x

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

District of Columbia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida

 

 

x

 

x

x

 

 

x

 

 

x

Georgia

 

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

 

 

 

Hawaii

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idaho

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indiana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iowa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

Kentucky

x

 

 

 

x

 

x

x

 

 

 

 

Louisiana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maryland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Massachusetts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minnesota

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mississippi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

Missouri

 

x

x

 

 

x

 

x

 

 

 

x

Montana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

Nebraska

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nevada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

New Hampshire

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

x

 

 

New Jersey

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

 

New Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

 

 

North Carolina

x

x

x

x

 

 

 

x

x

 

 

 

North Dakota

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oklahoma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oregon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvania

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

x

x

 

 

x

Puerto Rico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhode Island

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

 

 

 

South Carolina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Dakota

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

Tennessee

 

x

x

 

x

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

Texas

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vermont

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

Washington

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

West Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin

x

x

x

x

x

 

x

x

 

x

 

 

Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

*Note: States with no data have separate natural resource agencies. This chart shows the natural resource areas contained within unified agencies.