The Service Tree lists all services in "branched" groups, starting with the very general and moving to the very specific. Click on the name of any group name to see the sub-groups available within it. Click on a service code to see its details and the providers who offer that service.
Land Conservation
Programs that are responsible for working with landowners and other land users and developers to ensure that land utilization practices protect farmlands, forests and open spaces, many of which are being converted to urban uses, from unnecessary erosion and sedimentation or other destruction. Services may include development of soil and land capability studies and maps to ascertain appropriate uses for specific tracts of land; development of conservation plans for specific areas which include measures for protecting and preserving waterways and vegetation, which provide for flood protection, and which show the location of conservation devices such as dikes, water diversions, terraces, dams, reservoirs, water conduits, grassed waterways and plantings of grass, trees and shrubs; and consultation and technical assistance for individuals, particularly farmers, who want to ensure that their lands are adequately protected.
Surface Mining Regulation and Reclamation
Programs that protect society and the environment from the adverse effects of mining and quarrying operations, including sites that have been closed after they are no longer viable. Activities include establishing technical standards and regulatory policy for reclamation and enforcement efforts; monitoring, evaluating and providing guidance for reclamation programs; and assessing and collecting associated fees and penalties.
Programs that are responsible for administering the federal Wilderness Act which authorizes the acquisition, preservation and management of designated "wilderness areas" through a National Wilderness Preservation System which protects those lands in a manner that leaves them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness. Wilderness areas are defined as "areas where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain". Also included are other public and private programs that preserve and protect wilderness area.