Contact Information | Bureau Editors | Submission Procedures

Contact Information

Donna Margelos, Editor
(202) 273-3413
donna_l_margelos@ios.doi.gov

Joan Moody, Contributing Editor
(202) 208-7854
joan_moody@ios.doi.gov

People, Land & Water
1849 C Street, N.W., MS 6013
Washington, D.C.  20240
Fax: (202) 208-7854

Bureau Editors

BIA--Nedra Darling
(202) 219-4150 (O)
(202) 501-1516 (F)

BLM--Vickie Briggs
(202) 452-5194
vickie_briggs@blm.gov

Reclamation--Patricia Cox
(623) 773-6214
pacox@lc.usbr.gov

FWS--David Eisenhauer
(202) 208-5631
david_eisenhauer@fws.gov

MMS--Melanie Thornton
(202) 208-3985
melanie.thornton@mms.gov

NPS--Ricardo Lewis
(202) 208-4996
rick_lewis@nps.gov

OIA--Joseph Gecan
(202) 208-6638
joseph_gecan@ios.doi.gov

OLESEM--Mark Harvey
mark_harvey@ios.doi.gov
(202) 208-4090

OSM--Ben Owens
(202) 208-2565
bowens@osmre.gov

OST--Debbie Pafel
(202) 208-4289
debby_pafel@ost.doi.gov

USGS--Clarice Ransom
(703) 648-4460
cransom@usgs.gov

PL&W Submission Requirements

-Use Microsoft Word.
-Try to limit your stories to 800 words or less; 1,200 maximum.
-Focus your stories on people.
-Write in active voice (who does what).
-Use plain language, avoid jargon.
--Keep your sentences to 25 words or less.
-Use bulleted lists.
-Use subheadings.
-Write your headlines and photo captions in active voice and in complete sentences.
-Credit the source of your photos (Photo by John Smith, bureau.).
-Provide at least one JPEG image per story. (You have room for up to 11 full-size images.)
-Add links to where readers can obtain additional information a the end of your article.
-Add your byline to the top of your article (by John Smith, title, bureau).
-Make certain your submissions contain your name, title, bureau, phone number, and e-mail address.

Naming Your Article and Image Files:

-Begin with your bureau's acronym -- follow it with an underscore -- add the date (##-##-##) -- follow it with another underscore -- add the first three words of the article title, separated by dashes -- end with the three-letter extension of the type of file. For multiple images, add an underscore and two-digit figure before the file extension.

For example, documents and images for a National Park Service article dated Nov. 3, 2007, and titled, "Secretary Tours Everglades Restoration Project," would be named as follows:
nps_11-03-07_secretary-tours-everglades.doc
nps_11-03-07_secretary-tours-everglades_01.jpg:
nps_11-03-07_secretary-tours-everglades_02.jpg.

Make certain to identify the images the same way within your article and to follow that identification with the caption and photo credit:

nps_11-03-06_secretary-tours-everglades2.jpg: Caption. Photo by John Smith, NPS.