How the Interior Department balances conservation, development, and trust with tribes
Many of Interior’s offices have changed dramatically over time in response to evolving environmental and cultural values.
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COMMENTARY: Interior secretary manages vast lands that all Americans share
The Department of the Interior was created in 1849 as the United States was rapidly expanding and acquiring territory. It became known as “the department of everything else” for its ...
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Interior secretary manages vast lands that all Americans share − and can sway the balance between conservation and development
Andrus, four time Idaho governor and Secretary of the Interior from 1976-1980. The Department of the Interior was created in 1849 as the United ... of the District of Columbia jail.