• National Drought Mitigation Center
• US Drought Monitor
• Drought Section of SD State Cooperative Extension

Energy Efficiency

• WAPA Energy Services Program
• DOE Bldg Technology, State, Comm. Programs
• DOE Office of Industrial Technologies
• DOE Office of Transportation Technologies
• DOE Office of Utility Technologies
• Center for Building Science News
• Green Power Network
• Amer. Council for Energy Efficient Economy

Energy-Related Organizations and Associations

• National Wind Coordinating Committee - Wind Energy
• American Public Power Association
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Assoc.
• Electric Power Research Institute
• Gridwise Power Guide (all vendor, mfgs, etc.)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Association of Energy Engineers
• E Source
• Rocky Mountain Institute

Federal Agencies

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division News Release-July 8, 2003: Brig. Gen. Grisoli to head Corps' Northwestern Division

• June 23, 2003: EPA Announces Unprecedented First "Draft Report on the Environment", a national picture of environmental quality and human health in the United States

• EPA Environmental News-May 23, 2003: EPA study shows air quality violations in North Dakota and Montana protected areas

• EPA Newsroom-May 16, 2003: Fort Belknap Indian Community One of Seven Communities Funded for New EPA Brownfields Job Training Grants

• ACOE News Release on April 22, 2003: The Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service come to agreement on water management plan for the Missouri River reservoirs for late spring and summer 2003. News release is in Word format.
• Letter from US Fish and Wildlife Service requesting input on Missouri River biological issues as the Army Corps of Engineers has re-initiated Section 7 consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service re: effects of Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir system operations during the period of May 1 - August 15, 2003--comments requested by April 11, 2003.
• Neal McCaleb sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs
• Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to designate critical habitat for the Great Plains breeding population of piping plover
• Army Corps of Engineers' Master Manual Schedule--released June 1, 2001
• Findings from the US Fish and Wildlife Service on endangered status of sicklefin and sturgeon chub--April 18, 2001
• Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2003
• Supreme Court upholds EPA position on smog, particulate rules--February 27, 2001
• Federal Government Information Search
• Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance
• Federal Register On-line
• Current Legislation in Congressional Record
• White House
• Army Corps of Engineers
  • Omaha District Cultural Resources Program website
  • March 2003 News Release from Army Corps of Engineers' Northwestern Division on Missouri River flows
  • February 2003 News Release from Army Corps of Engineers' Northwestern Division on Missouri River flows
  • Army Corps of Engineers' fish and wildlife habitat restoration website: www.nwd.usace.army.mil
  • Army Environmental Center Western Region's Native American directory
  • Army Corps of Engineers' Master Manual EIS
  • Notes from Becky Otto, Omaha District Army Corps of Engineers regarding on-going work in the cultural resources program
  • Letter of commitment from Colonel Michael S. Meuleners, Army Corps of Engineers, to improve government-to-government relationships with Tribes and response letter regarding comments on draft American Indian and Alaska Native Policy from Rachael A. Rowland, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Memorandum on Indian Sovereignty and Government-to-Government Relations with Indian Tribes and Tribal Policy Principles from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers available here
  • News Release: Army Corps releases Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual Review and Update--August 31, 2001
• Bureau of Reclamation
  • Workshop minutes from April 28 and 29, 1998 Bureau of Reclamation Area Managers' Workshop #15 - Native American Issues
• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Surf your watershed
  • H.R. 3866 Water Resources Development Act of 1998 available here in .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat reader needed.
• U.S. Geological Survey
  • Native American Activities
  • Webpage on Native American Activities
• Indian Health Service
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Department of Interior
  • DOI News Release on Jan. 6, 2003: Interior Secretary Gale Norton names Aurene M. Martin Acting Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs
• Federal Emergency Management Agency

Intertribal Organizations (Miscellaneous)

• Council Lodge Institute--provides quality culturally relevant training and consultation services that aids in the enhancement of programs provided for people and children.
• National Tribal Environmental Research Institute--website created by NCAI to assist Tribes to understand environmental laws impacting them
• Article from The Billings Gazette, June 26, 1999: Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt launches BIA records system in Billings
• Intertribal Bison Cooperative
• Western Governors' Association
• Northwest Area Foundation: Community Ventures, Community Connections, and Community Horizons Programs
• Code Talk--federal interagency Native American websites

Native American Culture

• NAPE Aboriginal Links - An Indigenous Peoples Web Directory

• Tahtonka--Native American Arts, Humanities and Culture

• Keihan's Web--Tuscarora and Six Nations websites

• Federal Register Notice of Proposed Allocation for Post-2004 Resource Pool-Loveland Area Projects--dated May 11, 2001
• General Utilities Western Area Power Administration
• Washington State University Energy Program

Energy-Related Legislation & Regulations

• National Energy Policy-Report of the National Energy Policy Development Workgroup (.pdf file)--released May 17, 2001

Environment

• EPA Water Quality Standards
• Testimony to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Water and Power Subcommittee Hearing on July 10, 2002, regarding MRBA recommendations to Missouri River operations presented by Richard Opper, MRBA Executive Director--in Word format
• Missouri River tops American Rivers' list of the Nation's most endangered rivers--press release on April 11, 2001
• Attack on Endangered Species Act likely on Missouri River--press release on May 16, 2001
• Enlibra, an evolving new doctrine for environmental management
• Water Resource Research Center Home Page
• Indigenous Environmental Network
• Spirits of the Land Foundation
• National Environmental Coalition of Nat. Am.

Funding Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

• Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy
• Clean Energy Finance Newsletter
• Partnering Opportunities with DOE
• Grants Available through DOE

General Energy Information

• WAPA's Energy Services Program Information website
• Energy Information Administration
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Nwk
• National Technology Transfer Center

Internet Help

• Netscape Handbook
• Internet Usenet Newsgroups

Legal/Legislative Resources

Bills introduced in 108th Congress of tribal interest

Renewable Energy

• Fuel Cell Today
• Western Regional Air Partnership
• Alternative Fuels Data Center
• Fuel Cells 2000
• ORNL Hydropower Website
• PVPower Website
• Passive Solar Industry Council
• DOE Wind Energy Program Website

Sustainable Development

• Center of Excellence for Sustainable Dvpmt

Restructuring

• State-by-state Update on Restructuring in Electric Industry
• National Conference of State Legislatures

State Energy Offices

• California Energy Commission
• Sustainable Minnesota
• Nebraska Energy Office
• New Mexico Energy, Minerals, Nat. Res. Dept.
• South Dakota Public Utilities Commission

Water Projects

• Red River Valley Water Supply Project