Our Mission: Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future
The U.S. Department of the Interior protects America’s natural resources and heritage, honors our cultures and tribal communities, and supplies the energy to power our future.
Latest Happenings
![Noted Conservationist Louis Bacon signs the Memorandum of Agreement for the establishment of the Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area. Noted Conservationist Louis Bacon signs the Memorandum of Agreement for the establishment of the Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120915094350im_/http://www.doi.gov/news/photos/images/98x98_25.jpg)
AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar Establishes 558th National Wildlife Refuge Unit in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains
FRI, SEPTEMBER 14, 2012, 12:30 PM ESTSecretary Salazar announced the formal establishment of the Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area as the nation’s 558th unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Read More >
![Secretary Salazar on Sept. 13 joins students at the University of Colorado at Boulder for a group photo. Secretary Salazar on Sept. 13 joins students at the University of Colorado at Boulder for a group photo.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120915094350im_/http://www.doi.gov/news/photos/images/98x98_24.jpg)
Photos: Center of the American West and Public Lands Foundation Symposium
THU, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012, 03:01 PM ESTPhotos from Secretary Salazar's speech at the Center of the American West and Public Lands Foundation Symposium. Read More >
![Two men paddle a canoe in the Potomac River. Two men paddle a canoe in the Potomac River.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120915094350im_/http://www.doi.gov/news/photos/images/4632SalazarFresno98x98.jpg)
Salazar Establishes Enduring America’s Great Outdoors Program at Interior Department
WED, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012, 03:04 PM ESTSecretary Salazar signed a Secretarial Order establishing the America’s Great Outdoors program in the Department of the Interior Read More >
![Secretary Salazar speaking Secretary Salazar speaking](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120915094350im_/http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/images/98x98_1.jpg)
Media Advisory: Salazar to Highlight Energy, Conservation through Colorado
WED, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012, 01:50 PM ESTSecretary Salazar will begin a trip through Colorado during which he will make stops in Boulder and Denver to discuss President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy. Read More >
![Whooping Crane flying Whooping Crane flying](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120915094350im_/http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/images/WhoopingCrane-flying-wc_98x98.jpg)
AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Salazar, Ashe Announce More than $29 Million to Expand Refuge System, Conserve Wetlands
WED, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012, 12:45 PM ESTSecretary Salazar and U.S. FWS Director Dan Ashe announced that the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved the investment of nearly $11 million in revenue from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund. Read More >