State Trustees

This page displays documents and information pertaining to State natural resource trustees. Where available, the following policy documents are provided here:

Documents (e.g., Executive Orders, Proclamations, letters, memos) bearing the Governor's signature, attesting to the designation of a State natural resource trustee. State natural resource trustee designations can change at a Governor's discretion. The documents displayed are the most current available to DOI.
Agreements (i.e., Memoranda of Agreement, Memoranda of Understanding) between DOI (or its bureaus) and a State pertaining to natural resource damage assessment and restoration activities in that State. Currently, nine such agreements are in place nationwide.

Also, links are provided, where available, to State natural resource damage assessment and restoration websites.

States (including Territories and Commonwealths), in alphabetical order:

Alabama (AL)

Alaska (AK)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated March 10, 1999)
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:

American Samoa (AS)

Territory natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
Territory NRDAR website:

Guam (GU)

Territory natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated July 18, 1988)
Agreement:
Territory NRDAR website:
- Guam Coastal Management Program

Hawaii (HI)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated September 30, 1991)
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Hawaii State Department of Health
  - Office of the Director
- Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
  - Board of Land and Natural Resources

Idaho (ID)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated June 27, 1988)
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Idaho Governor's Office
  - Department of Fish and Game
  - Department of Environmental Quality

Illinois (IL)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
  - Natural Resource and Damage Assessment
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Indiana (IN)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement: FWS-IN Memorandum of Understanding (dated August 2, 1993)
State NRDAR website:
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management

Iowa (IA)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  - Legal Services Bureau
  - Fisheries Management

Kansas (KS)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement: DOI-KS Memorandum of Agreement (dated November 6, 2002)
State NRDAR website:
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment
  - Dry-clean and Superfund Unit

Kentucky (KY)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated July 18, 2008)
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet

Louisiana (LA)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated March 27, 2017) & Governor's designation (dated August 20, 1992)
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:

Maine (ME)

Maryland (MD)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Maryland Department of the Environment
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Massachusetts (MA)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
  - Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup

Michigan (MI)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated March 18, 2011)
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:

Minnesota (MN)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
  - NRDA Program
  - Minnesota Closed Landfill Program
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Mississippi (MS)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

Missouri (MO)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement: DOI-MO Memorandum of Understanding (dated November 4, 2009)

DOI-FS-MO Memorandum of Understanding Addendum (dated Nov. 4, 2011)

State NRDAR website:
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources
  - Natural Resources Damage Program

Montana (MT)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Montana Governor's Office
- Montana Department of Justice
  - Natural Resource Damage Program

Nebraska (NE)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality

Nevada (NV)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated April 12, 2004)

Redelegation (dated June 5, 2004)

Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Nevada Department of Wildlife
- Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

New Hampshire (NH)

New Jersey (NJ)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
  - Office of Natural Resource Restoration

New Mexico (NM)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated January 19, 2011)
Agreement: DOI-FS-NM Memorandum of Agreement (dated May 25, 2004)
State NRDAR website:
- New Mexico Office of Natural Resources Trustee

New York (NY)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- NY Department of Environmental Conservation
  - Natural Resource Damages

North Carolina (NC)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated August 10, 2009)
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

North Dakota (ND)

Commonwealth natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
Commonwealth NRDAR website:

Northern Mariana Islands (MP)

Commonwealth natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
Commonwealth NRDAR website:

Ohio (OH)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
  - Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization

Oklahoma (OK)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated July 7, 1988)
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment
  - Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

Oregon (OR)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated November 30, 1993)
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Puerto Rico (PR)

Commonwealth natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
Commonwealth NRDAR website:
- Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico

Rhode Island (RI)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

South Carolina (SC)

South Dakota (SD)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Tennessee (TN)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated February 7, 2011)
Agreement: DOI-TN Memorandum of Agreement (dated September 14, 2011)
State NRDAR website:
- Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

Texas (TX)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated July 29, 1988)
Governor's designation addition (dated October 18, 1990)
Agreement: DOI-NOAA-TX Memorandum of Agreement (dated September 5, 1995)
State NRDAR websites:

Utah (UT)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement: DOI-UT Memorandum of Agreement (dated April 27, 2016)
State NRDAR website:
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality

Vermont (VT)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

Virgin Islands (VI)

Territory natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
Territory NRDA website:
- Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Virginia (VA)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated June 16, 2006)
Agreement: DOI-VA Memorandum of Agreement (dated July 11, 2019)
State NRDAR website:
- Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources

Washington (WA)

State natural resource trustee: Governor's designation (dated June 9, 1992)
Agreement:
State NRDAR websites:

West Virginia (WV)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Wisconsin (WI)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Wisconsin Department of Justice

Wyoming (WY)

State natural resource trustee:
Agreement:
State NRDAR website:

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