List of health and environmental agencies in the United States
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This article lists subnational environmental agencies in the United States, by state. Agencies that are responsible for state-level regulating, monitoring, managing, and protecting environmental and public health concerns. The exact duties of these agencies can vary widely and some are combined with or are part of a state's fish and wildlife management agency.
Agencies created as a result of interstate environmental compacts also are included, at the bottom of the list.
Alabama
editAlaska
editArizona
edit- Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
- Arizona Game and Fish Department
- Arizona Department of Health Services
Arkansas
editCalifornia
editColorado
editConnecticut
edit- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Connecticut Department of Public Health
Delaware
edit- Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
- Delaware Solid Waste Authority
District of Columbia
editFlorida
edit- Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Department of Health
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Northwest Florida Water Management District
- Suwannee River Water Management District
- St. Johns River Water Management District
- Southwest Florida Water Management District
- South Florida Water Management District
Georgia
editHawaii
editIdaho
edit- Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
- Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
- Idaho Department of Water Resources
Illinois
editIndiana
edit- Indiana Department of Environmental Management
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Indiana Department of Health
Iowa
edit- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Iowa Department of Health
Kansas
editKentucky
edit- Kentucky Department for Public Health
- Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
- Natural Resources Division
Louisiana
editMaine
editMaryland
editMassachusetts
edit- Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA)
- Coastal Zone Management
- Water Resources Commission
- Massachusetts Environmental Police
- Office of Grants and Technical Assistance
- Division of Conservation Services
- Massachusetts Environmental Trust
- Office of Technical Assistance and Technology
- Natural Resource Damages Assessment and Restoration
- Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
- Division of Agricultural Conservation and Tech Assistance
- Division of Agricultural Markets
- Division of Animal Health
- Division of Crop and Pest Services
- Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Division of State Parks (MassParks)
- Division of Water Supply Protection
- Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
- Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife)
- Division of Marine Fisheries
- Division of Ecological Restoration
- Office of Fishing and Boating Access
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Michigan
editMinnesota
edit- Minnesota Department of Health
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- University of Minnesota Extension Service
Mississippi
editMissouri
editMontana
editNebraska
editNevada
edit- Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
- Nevada Division of Forestry
- Nevada Division of Water Resources
- Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
New Hampshire
editNew Jersey
editNew Mexico
editNew York
edit- Adirondack Park Agency
- Hudson River Valley Greenway
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection
- New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- New York Department of Health
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
- New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
North Carolina
editNorth Dakota
editOhio
editOklahoma
editOregon
editPennsylvania
editRhode Island
editSouth Carolina
editSouth Dakota
editTennessee
editTexas
editUtah
editVermont
editVirginia
editWashington (state)
editWest Virginia
editWisconsin
editWyoming
editInterstate agencies
editSee also
edit- US Federal environmental agencies
- Council on Environmental Quality
- Department of Agriculture, including the USFS
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of the Interior, including the BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, USGS
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Drought Policy Commission (defunct)
- US Territories
- Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
- Puerto Rico Department of Health
- Guam Environmental Protection Agency
- Other
References
edit- ^ "Utah Department of Natural Resources". naturalresources.utah.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ "Utah DNR – FFSL (Forestry, Fire and State Lands)". ffsl.utah.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ "Homepage". Office of Energy Development. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ "PLPCO | Preserving access to public lands". publiclands.utah.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
External links
edit- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Health and Environmental Agencies of U.S. States and Territories" (website)