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MOU between the USGS and multiple Federal Agencies

Multi-Agency Agreements
  1. SubjectInteragency Agreement on Carhart National Wilderness Training Center
    Date Signed: Sep. 2, 2016
    Agencies: DOI/BLM; USFWS; NPS; and USGS and USDA/Forest Service
     
  2. SubjectEstablishing the Federal Native Plant Conservation Committee of the Plant Conservation Alliance to continue the work of a Federal Native Plant Conservation Committee, through the Plant Conservation Alliance. The Committee will identify and recommend, as appropriate, priority conservation needs for native plants and their habitats and coordinate implementation of programs for addressing those need
    Date Signed: Jun 30, 2014
    Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Federal Highway Administration, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institute, U.S. Botanic Garden, USDA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, USGS
     
  3. SubjectTo provide a framework for cooperation and coordination among the Agencies in achieving the objectives of the Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) Federal Steering Committee
    Date Signed: September 28, 2011
    Bureau of Reclamantion, Dept. of Defense, EPA, Farm Service Agency, FWS, Forest Service, USGS, NPS, National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Natural Resources Conservation Alliance
     
  4. SubjectTo coordinate and collaborate on research and data submittals to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) for approval of priority drugs for use in public aquaculture in the United States. NOAA-NMFS, the FWS, the USGS, and AFWA are herein referred to as Partners
     
  5. SubjectTo promote, conduct, and provide research, studies, assessments, monitoring, technical assistance, and educational services nationwide in support of the missions of participating federal agencies and their partners concerning natural and cultural resource management on public and/or private lands and waters, and management of public trust resources
    Date Signed: May 1, 2012
    NASA, Dept. of Agriculture (Forest Serviee), Dept. of Commerce (NOAA), DoD (Army Corps of Engineers), Dept. of the Interior (BLM, BOEM, NPS, BoR, NPS, FWS, USGS)
     
  6. SubjectCollaborative Science, Services and Tools to Support Integrated and Adaptive Water Resources Management
    Date Signed: March 22, 2016
    Agencies: Army Corps of Engineers of the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Geological Survey of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce
     
  7. SubjectA partnership for cooperation among the participating State and federal land, wildlife management and science agencies in the conservation and management of Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitats and other sagebrush-dependent wildlife throughout the Western United States and Canada.
    Date Signed: 9/18/2008 
    Agencies: USGS, Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, BLM, USFWS, Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency
     
  8. SubjectA partnership to support research, development, and information transfer to quantify the conservation benefits of land management practices and programs administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
    Date Signed: 3/22/2007 
    Agencies: USGS, USFWS, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Commodity Credit Corporation, and USDA Farm Service Agency
     
  9. Subject: Cooperation on issues related to the management and stewardship of the National Wilderness Preservation System, including but not limited to, the operation of the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute.
    Date Signed: 1/13/2005
    Agencies: USDA Forest Service, BLM, FWS, NPS, USGS 
     
  10. Subject: Collaboration and cooperation in the management, research, protection, and conservation of cave and karst resources.
    Date Signed: 2/23/2012
    Agencies: DOI; USGS, BLM, FWS, NPS, and USDA; U.S. Forest Service 
     
  11. Subject: To collaborate in commemorating the Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
    Date Signed: 10/1/1998
    Agencies: Department of the Army COE, Department of Education, DOI, DOT, National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council 
     
  12. Subject: Geologic, Mineral, Energy, and Environmental Information for Ecologically Based Management of Federal Lands
    Date Signed: 09/01/1997
    Agencies: BLM, USDA Forest Service, USGS 
     
  13. Subject: Servicewide Memorandum of Understanding among USDA, Forest Service, USDI, Bureau of Land Management, and USDI, Geological Survey concerning: Geologic, Mineral, Energy, and Environmental Information for Ecologically Based Management of Federal Lands.
    Date Signed: 
     
  14. Subject: Coordination and Joint Impelmentation of Great Lakes Deep-Water Fish Assessment and Ecology Activities.
    Date Signed: 5/4/2004
    Agencies: Council of Lake Committees, USGS, FWS 
     
  15. Subject: To ensure optimum efficiency and maximum benefit to the Federal Government by integrating the resouces and expertise of the USGS with thos of the DoD in addressing environmental responsibilities and related issues.
    Date Signed: 6/10/1997 
     
  16. Subject: Collaborate to develop and exchange science-based biological information for natural resource managers and to ensure preparedness, professionalism, and continuing education of wildlife biologists. 
    Date signed: 6/30/2004
     
  17. Subject: To delineate certain of the Agencies' duties under the sections that require the Agencies to coordinate all applicable Federal authorizations and environmental reviews related to energy right-of-way corridor planning and energy right-of-way administration for proposed or exisitng utility facilities. 
    Date signed: 2/8/2006
    Agencies: Agriculture, DoD, DOE, DOI 
     
  18. Subject: Pertaining to the National Water Data Exchange
    Date Signed: 07/27/1977
    Agencies: EPA, Forest Service