Sources of Information for Assessing Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Resources, Mineral Resources and Geologic Hazards

This page contains links referred to from Forest Service Handbook FSH 1909.12, Chapter 10 – The Assessment, Section 13.5. Direction for conducting an assessment for a plan, plan revision or plan amendment is contained in that handbook. This page contains links to additional information resources and will be updated periodically.

Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Resources, Mineral Resources and Geologic Hazards

Forest Service information resources include:

1. Natural Resource Manager databases.
1. Minerals and geology information.
2. Abandoned mine inventories.
3. Locatable minerals information.
4. Mineral materials (salable minerals) information.
2. Local analyses including research station reports and analyses.
3. Programmatic or activity-level mineral resource analyses.

External information sources for Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy and Mineral Resources and Geologic Hazards include:

1. U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports on mineral presence trends, or hazards.
2. DOE information.
3. BLM data on mineral-related authorizations and rights-of-way.
4. State mineral or geology reports, data or information.5. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement data (coal and abandoned mine lands).
5. Production and revenue reports from Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
6. Permits, monitoring and production reports from state agencies that regulate mining and mineral activity.
7. Mining or oil and gas industry information.
8. Utility company information on the need for utility corridors.
9. Volunteered private reports and data, or
10. Relevant analysis or information offered for consideration by the public about energy and mineral resources.