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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.
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Alabama
- Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management
- Alabama Department of Public Health
Alaska
- Alaska Department of Natural Resources
- Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
- Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Arizona
- Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
- Arizona Game and Fish Department
- Arizona Department of Health Services
Arkansas
California
- California Environmental Protection Agency
- California Natural Resources Agency
- California Department of Health Care Services
Colorado
Connecticut
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Connecticut Department of Public Health
Delaware
- Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
- Delaware Solid Waste Authority
District of Columbia
Florida
- 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
Hawaii
Idaho
- Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
- Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
- Idaho Department of Water Resources
Illinois
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- Illinois Department of Public Health
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
- Illinois Pollution Control Board
Indiana
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Indiana Department of Health
Iowa
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Iowa Department of Health
Kansas
- Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Environment
Kentucky
- Kentucky Department for Public Health
- Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet
- Natural Resources Division
Louisiana
- Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
- Louisiana Department of Health
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Maine
- Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- Maine Department of Marine Resources
Maryland
- Maryland Department of the Environment
- Maryland Department of Health
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Massachusetts
- 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
- Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota
- Minnesota Department of Health
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- University of Minnesota Extension Service
Mississippi
Missouri
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Missouri Department of Health
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Montana
- Montana Department of Environmental Quality
- Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
- Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Nebraska
- Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
- Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
Nevada
- 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
- New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
- New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
- New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
- New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
New Jersey
New Mexico
- New Mexico Department of Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources
- New Mexico Department of Health
- New Mexico Environment Department
New York
- 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
North Dakota
- North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
- North Dakota Department of Water Resources
- North Dakota Geological Survey
- North Dakota Department of Health
Ohio
- Ohio Department of Natural Resources
- Ohio Department of Health
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
- Ohio Air Quality Development Authority
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Conservation Commission
- Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
- Oklahoma Department of Health
Oregon
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Oregon Department of Forestry
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Oregon Department of Water Resources
- Oregon Health Authority
- Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
- South Carolina Department of Public Health
- South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
- Tennessee Department of Health
- Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
- Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Texas
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Texas Department of Health
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Utah
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality
- Utah Department of Health and Human Services
- Utah Department of Natural Resources
Vermont
Virginia
- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- Virginia Department of Forestry
- Virginia Department of Health
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Washington (state)
- Washington State Department of Ecology
- Washington State Department of Health
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources
West Virginia
- West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Interstate agencies
- Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
- Great Lakes Commission
- Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
- Northwest Power and Conservation Council
- Red River Compact Commission
- Susquehanna River Basin Commission
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
- Yellowstone River Compact Commission
See also
- 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
- List of environmental ministries
- List of state and territorial fish and wildlife management agencies in the United States
References
- "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
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Health and Environmental Agencies of U.S. States and Territories" (website)
- State environmental protection agencies of the United States
- United States environment-related lists
- States of the United States-related lists
- Environmental law in the United States
- Environmental policy in the United States
- Lists of environmental organizations
- Lists of government agencies in the United States