Web sites with information about resource extraction in Kentucky and the nation.

Bureau of Reclamation Home Page - Best known for the dams, power plants and canals it constructed in the 17 western states.

U.S. Energy Information Administration - Government clearinghouse for all energy statistics and information.

Kentucky Department for Natural Resources - Enforces Kentucky's mining, reclamation and abandoned mine land laws.

Kentucky Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement - Responsible for Kentucky's underground mine operations.

Office of Surface Mining - Federal agency responsible for oversight of all state mining and reclamation programs.

Expanded Online Kentucky Coal Facts  - Coal facts compiled by the Governor's Office of Energy Policy, Division of Fossil Fuels and Utility Services and the Kentucky Coal Association.

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Federal agency that oversees mine and miner safety.

Clean Streams Initiative - Program within the federal Office of Surface Mining to eliminate acid mine drainage.

Kentucky Geological Survey - Provides scientifically based information on Kentucky's geology and mineral and water resources to citizens, researchers, industry and government.

U.S. Department of the Interior Home Page - Responsible for the management of nearly half a billion acres of federal lands. This includes the entire national park system and vast tracts of federal lands, mostly in the western regions of the country.

University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research - Provides a focal point for energy and environmental research at UK and in the commonwealth of Kentucky. Research programs focus on energy resources indigenous to Kentucky.