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California Tribal & Federal Lands Map
By EPA
Jun 17, 2006, 23:45 PST

Map courtesy of the EPA

• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) - The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) responsibility is the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. There are 561 federal recognized tribal governments in the United States. Developing forestlands, leasing assets on these lands, directing agricultural programs, protecting water and land rights, developing and maintaining infrastructure and economic development are all part of the agency's responsibility. In addition, the Bureau of Indian Affairs provides education services to approximately 48,000 Indian students.(BIA)
  
  
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, administers 261 million surface acres of America's public lands, located primarily in 12 Western States. The BLM sustains the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. (BLM)
  
  
• Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) - Established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the dams, powerplants, and canals it constructed in the 17 western states. These water projects led to homesteading and promoted the economic development of the West. Reclamation has constructed more than 600 dams and reservoirs including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and Grand Coulee on the Columbia River. (BOR)
  
  
• The USDA Forest Service (FS) - a United States government agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, is under the leadership of the United States Secretary of Agriculture. (Wikipedia)
  
  
• The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) - is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated to managing and preserving wildlife. It began as the U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries in the United States Department of Commerce and the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy in the United States Department of Agriculture and took its present form in 1939. (Wikipedia)
  
  
• The National Park Service (NPS)- is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties. It was created on August 25, 1916 by an act of Congress. The NPS oversees 390 units, of which 58 are designated national parks. Other units are designated national monuments, historical parks, national memorials, historic trails, outdoor recreation areas, wild and scenic rivers, lakeshores, seashores, and battlefields. (edited from Wikipedia)
  
  
• The United States Department of Defense (DOD)- , abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. The Department of Defense controls the U.S. military and is headquartered at The Pentagon. It is headed by the Secretary of Defense.
  
  

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