The Biological Services Program was established within the U.S. Fish 

 and Wildlife Service to supply scientific information and methodologies on 

 key environmental issues that impact fish and wildlife resources and their 

 supporting ecosystems. 



Projects have been initiated in the following areas: coal extraction and 

 conversion; power plants; mineral development; water resource analysis, 

 including stream alterations and western water allocation; coastal 

 ecosystems and Outer Continental Shelf development; National Wetland 

 Inventory; habitat classification and evaluation; inventory and data manage- 

 ment systems; and information management. 



The Biological Services Program consists of the Office of Biological 

 Services in Washington, D.C., which is responsible for overall planning and 

 management; National Teams, which provide the Program's central scien- 

 tific and technical expertise and arrange for development of information 

 and technology by contracting with States, universities, consulting firms, 

 and others; Regional Teams, which provide local expertise and are an 

 important link between the National Teams and the problems at the 

 operating level; and staff at certain Fish and Wildlife Service research 

 facilities, who conduct in-house research studies. 



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