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Agency Programs/Sites

USGS - Main Home Page

USGS Online Automated Recruitment System - The U.S. Geological Survey’s Online Automated Recruitment System (OARS) is a computerized employment application processing system, which electronically prescreens candidates and ranks them according to specified criteria.

"Ask-USGS" - Web site defining the USGS and its mission, news, events, features, FAQs, resources, etc.

USGS Recreation Site

Denver Payroll Center - (DOI National Business Center)

Technology Enterprise Office

USGS Electronic Directory

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Biological Resources

Divisional Programs

Biological Resources - Main Home Page.

Gap Analysis Program - Main Home Page.

GAP, Upper Midwest - Gap Analysis Program in IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, and WI.

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)

BRD Centers

Science Centers

Cooperative Research Units

Iowa Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit - Iowa State University

Additional Sites

Bird Monitoring in North America

Partners In Flight - Species Management Synthesis

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Monitoring Pages - Topics include north American salamanders, frogs, raptors, bird abundance during migration, and monitoring plants and animals.

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Geology

Geologic Information - From USGS home page.

Digital Maps, Data, and Software

Earthquake Information

Center for Coastal Geology

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Mapping

Web Sites

National Mapping Information - From USGS home page.

EROS Data Center - The Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) is a data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Geography Discipline.

 Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) - DRG link provides access to project information. Additional link; a key to DRG map symbols

 Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQ) - DOQ link provides access to background information.

GeoData - Access and transfer geographic data from the EROS data center.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

FGDC Catalog - Federal Geographic Data Products.

National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse, USGS Node

Metadata Guidelines and Standard - From the Federal Geographic Data Committee.

Scientific Assessment And Strategy Team (SAST) - Environmental Information for the Upper Mississippi and Missouri River Basins.

FTP Sites

EROS Data Center FTP Site - Provides access to software, spatial data, and documentation.

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Water Resources

Water Resources Information - From USGS home page.

Local Web Sites - Clickable USA image and listing of the individual state and regional water resources offices.

National Water Conditions

National Water-Quality Assessment Program

The Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center is a USGS-Science Center.
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