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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides a wealth of information about water quality protection.

Its new watershed information program provides details about the South Branch of the Potomac and about the North Branch of the Potomac.

EPA's Chesapeake Bay Office and the agency's Chesapeake Bay Program have information about the Bay, its rivers and efforts to clean up the Bay ecosystem.

The U.S. Geological Survey provides data about water quality, hydrology and geology.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides information about federal agriculture programs. The department's Natural Resources Conservation Service explains efforts to limit agriculture's environmental impacts. The National Agriculture Laboratory and the National Statistical Service provide data about agriculture in the U.S.

The Environmental Working Group lists environmental information and government subsidies to farmers across the U.S. and in West Virginia.

Information about problems with the vertical integration of the poultry industry is available from the National Contract Poultry Growers Association and the Rural Advancement Foundation International.

Information about the poultry industry is available from the AgPage and the American Poultry Association.

North Carolina State University and Texas A & M have poultry science deparments.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources provides information about pfiesteria piscicida.