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The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural resources, leading such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological Survey, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National ...
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Description: Seal of the United States Department of the Interior.. The seal consists of a male bison with the head and body in a left position, standing on a prairie, with mountains and a rising sun in the background, enclosed within two concentric circles, having the words "U.S. Department of the Interior" and the date "March 3, 1849" (when Congress created the department) inscribed in the ...
In all, the Congressional Research Service calculates the department manages more than 480 million acres of public lands, 700 million acres of subsurface minerals such as oil and gas, and 1.7 ...
The current interior secretary is Doug Burgum, who was sworn in on February 1, 2025. As of mid-2004, the department managed 507 million acres (2,050,000 km 2) of surface land, or about one-fifth of the land in the United States.
This image or media file contains material based on a work of a United States Department of the Interior employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the Department of the Interior copyright policy for more information.
This image or media file contains material based on a work of a United States Department of the Interior employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the Department of the Interior copyright policy for more information.
This image or media file contains material based on a work of a United States Department of the Interior employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the Department of the Interior copyright policy for more information.