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
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >