Press Releases

The Department of the Interior today announced the release of the annual economic impact report for the Federal Historic Tax Credit for fiscal year 2025, highlighting the program's substantial contributions to American jobs, housing creation, private investment, economic growth and community revitalization.

The Department of the Interior today announced the designation of Whittier, Alaska, as an American World War II Heritage City, recognizing the community’s extraordinary contributions to the nation’s World War II home front and its ongoing commitment to preserving that history.

The Department of the Interior today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will incorporate feedback from North Dakota farmers, ranchers and conservation partners as it updates and expands an innovative Prairie Pothole Wetland pilot project addressing landowner concerns—particularly with wetland easements purchased prior to 1976.

The Department of the Interior today announced the council members for the recently reestablished Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation and Access Council.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of the Interior are mourning U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service federal wildlife officer David Taylor, 38 of Scio, Oregon, died on Aug. 29 while helping evacuate residents threatened by the Railroad South Fire in Comanche County, Oklahoma.

The Department of the Interior today announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is finalizing a streamlined process for authorizing seasonal migratory game bird hunting, reducing unnecessary federal rulemaking while providing greater predictability for states, tribes and hunters.

The Department of the Interior issued the 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and the Record of Decision for the Post-2026 Colorado River Operations Final EIS, establishing a 10-year Decision Framework with a broad operational range that will be used to develop future operational guidelines for Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

With extreme wildfire activity exhausting all available federal firefighting resources and the national wildfire system operating at its highest level of readiness, the Department of the Interior has finalized two categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act to expedite Bureau of Land Management timber salvage and forest thinning projects.

This week, the Bureau of Land Management set records for the bureau’s highest parcel bid at $4,168,725 and highest per-acre bid at $1,207 and was the second largest lease sale in total dollars in the Bureau’s history.

The Department of the Interior and the National Park Service invite Americans to celebrate the people, places and events that shaped our nation during National Park Week, Aug. 22-30, 2026.