Source lists

U.S. Department of the Interior
Press Connections

Interior Department Headquarters (Washington, DC)

HQ Office of Communications: 202-208-6416
Director of Communications: Tina Kreisher, 202-208-6416
Press Secretary: Shane Wolfe, 202-208-6416

HQ Press Office
Office of Communications, including Interior News.

Joan Moody, 202-208-6416, 202-208-3280
Stephen Brooks, 202-208-6416, 202-208-3771

Office of the Secretary:
Gale Norton, 202-208-7351
Hugh Vickery, 202-501-1456, 202-501-4633

DOI Photo Library

Radio: DOI's free "Radio News Service" offers recordable audio from its website or by telephone (1-800-521-3370).

Fire News: National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)

Main DOI Switchboard: 202-208-3100
DOI Directory (phone/e-mail)

Main DOI FOIA. Contacts.
NOTE: To get FOIA requests filled most efficiently, send them to the FOIA officer closest to the office where the records you seek are actually being kept. See contact info below.

DOI Agencies

Bureau of Indian Affairs
Nedra Darling, 202-219-4152

Bureau of Land Management

Apparently, the BLM culture is one without a strong HQ press office. Releases tend to list HQ program officials as contacts. Seek contacts at your state or local field or project office.

Main News Page.
Office of Public Affairs: 202-452-5125
Contacts:
Celia Boddington (Group Mgr.), 202-452-5125
Sharon Wilson, 202-452-5130
Jeffrey Krauss, 202-452-5127

No HQ listserve

BLM Library (Boulder, CO). Reference Desk: 202-208-5815.

Public Land Statistics 2002

BLM State Press Offices:
Alaska
Arizona
California: 916-978-4610. Press contact: John Dearing, 916-978-4622.
Colorado. Press contact: Steven Hall, 970-244-3052.
Idaho. Press contacts: Cheryle Zwang, 373-4016; Kim Buxton, 373-4015; Kris Long Public, 373-3913; Barry Rose, 373-4014.
Montana/Dakotas. Press contacts: Trudie Olson, 406-896-5252; Mary Apple, 406-896-5258.
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming

Bureau of Reclamation

BuRec Newsroom

BuRec HQ Press Contact: Trudy Harlow, 202-513-0575 (Office), 202-421-4560 (Cell)

BuRec Regional Press Contacts

BuRec HQ Main Phone (Commissioner's Office): 202-513-0501

BuRec Phone Lookup

BuRec FOIA

Minerals Management Service

Public Affairs Chief: Curtis Carey.
Nicolette Humphries 202-208-3985
Rebecca Phipps 202-208-3985

MMS Newsroom:

MMS Upcoming Events

MMS Listserve Signups

MMS Stats & Facts

MMS FOIA Officer: Ginny Morgan, 703-787-1689. Accessing FOIA records (includes links to MMS regional FOIA contacts).

National Park Service

John Wright 202-208-6416
HQ Office of Communications: 202-208-6843
NPS Press Room:

NPS Switchboard (HQ/Director's Office): (202) 208-6843

NPS Locator

NPS Info Zone (Misc. Handy Background)

Links to All Park Websites

NPS Press Release Listserve: "To subscribe send a message to majordomo@www.nps.gov. In the body of the message, write, 'subscribe npsnews'." More info.

NPS FOIA Page

HQ NPS FOIA Officer:
Diane Cooke
NPS Administrative Program Center
1201 Eye St, NW, Washington, DC 20005
202-354-1928

Office of Surface Mining

OSM Press Releases

Mike Gauldin, 202-208-2565
Renae Yergan-Willis, 202-208-2565
Jerry Childress, 202-208-7041

OSM Press Release Listserve Signup

OSM Switchboard: 202-208-2719

OSM Photo Library

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

FWS Newsroom

FWS Media Contacts:

FWS Beat Press Contacts (all at 202-208-5634):

FWS Image Library

U.S. Geological Survey

Newsroom Website. Includes contacts for, and online access to, photos and B-Roll

Main HQ Public Affairs: 703-648-4460

Press Contacts:
Public Affairs Officer: Scott Harris, 703-648-4460
Carolyn Bell, 703-648-4463
Jon Campbell, 703-648-4180
Heather Friesen, 703-648-4469
Kathleen Gohn, 703-648-4242
Butch Kinerney, 703-648-4732
A.B. Wade, 703-648-4483
Gail Wendt, 703-648-5604
Karen Wood, 703-648-4447

Press Contacts Page: Updated HQ and regional press contact information.

USGS Listserve Signup. There are 8 news listserves at USGS:
Water
Geologic
Geologic hazards
Biological
Mapping
New products
Lectures
USGS in the News (Clips)

USGS Phone Lookup.

USGS FOIA. Contacts.


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