Secretaries and Leaders of U.S. Natural Resources & Environmental Agencies Establish Partnership for Cooperative Conservation
"The agreement establishes a framework for federal agencies to increase collaboration with each other and with other public, private and nonprofit entities in natural resources and environmental management."

January 15, 2009, WASHINGTON, D.C.-- In collaboration with the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, leaders of the Departments of Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency have signed an interagency Memorandum of Understanding establishing the Partnership for Cooperative Conservation.

 News Release (2 pages PDF)
 Memorandum of Understanding (5 pages PDF)