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Rgure A2. Funding for Environmental R&D at NOAA, 1969-1992 



DoE has a critical role to play ia the increasingly important linkages be- 

 tween environmental, energy, and economic policies. The National Laboratories 

 are a tremendous resource of expertise and equipment, and the dcpanment is 

 examining ways to direct more of their resources to energy and environmental R&D. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 



As caretaker of the nation's public lands and waterways, the Department of the 

 Interior maintains a sizeable ecological research program. Most environmental R&D 

 at Interior is located in three of the department's five divisions, the largest programs 

 being in the Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Minerals 

 Management Service. 



The US. Fish and Wildlife Service's research program provides the data 

 and arudysis "to conserve, protca, and enhance dsh and wildlife and their habiuts 

 for the continuing benefit of people."'"* Through a system of i) National Research 

 Centers and 41 Cooperative Research Units, the environmental R&D program in- 



