Agencies and Organizations Use GIS for Environmental Management

EPA EnviroMapper gives you access to EPA's Envirofacts warehouse of data.

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From communities of farmers and foresters to government agencies to commodity investors, Esri's enterprise GIS provides people with access to a system that meets their needs to

• Reduce maintenance costs.
• Diminish redundant workflows.
• Improve accuracy and integrity of data.
• Enable data sharing, distribution, and publication.

Agencies Using GIS to Monitor Earth's Resources

• Conservation International (CI)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Geographic (NG)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Weather Service (NWS)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC)
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Environmental Agencies Use Web Portals to Share GIS Data Resources

• EPA EnviroMapper lets you map air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes, water discharge permits, and Superfund sites.
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Hurricane Response provides information about environmental contaminants during the disaster.
• USDA GIS Service Center Agency Geospatial Data Gateway offers data such as orthoimagery, soils, common land units, hydrography, land cover/vegetation/plants, wetlands, and climate.

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