Press Releases

The Department of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released Rooted in Purpose, a review of the National Wildlife Refuge System, alongside Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum’s Secretary’s Order, Making America’s National Wildlife Refuges Great Again. The Order directs the Service to strengthen field operations, support active habitat management, prioritize refuge purposes and expand compatible wildlife-dependent recreation.

The Department of the Interior today announced a slate of veteran-led outdoor recreation events on public lands and waters in the week surrounding Veterans Day, developed with partner agencies of the Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor Recreation (FICOR). Alongside the events, Interior and partners published a new repository on Rec.gov — a single location where veterans, service members and military families can find information about many outdoor recreation opportunities across participating federal agencies.

The Department of the Interior is proposing updates to decades-old land use planning regulations to cut unnecessary red tape, improve coordination with state and local governments, and speed up decision-making for public lands across the country. The proposed changes are intended to make the Bureau of Land Management’s planning process more efficient, easier to understand and better aligned with current law and agency priorities.

Today, the Department of the Interior announced more than $21.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 revenue disbursements from energy and mineral production on federal and tribal onshore lands and federal offshore areas.

In a significant move to bolster the nation’s livestock industry, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum today signed a Secretary’s Order to expand grazing opportunities, improve the health of federal rangelands, and provide critical support for America’s ranchers. The order implements President Trump’s Executive Order on “Supporting America’s Ranchers” and takes aggressive steps to increase domestic meat production and lower costs for consumers.

The Department of the Interior and the National Park Service welcomes the Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial to the National Park System. Located on the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the memorial honors the Americans who served during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm and remembers those who lost their lives.

The U.S. Geological Survey released an assessment estimating 96 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable, undiscovered natural gas resources on Alaska’s North Slope.

Chiricahua National Monument is now Chiricahua National Park, following President Donald J. Trump's signing of the Chiricahua National Park Act into law on October 20. The redesignation recognizes the national significance of the area's extraordinary natural and cultural resources and marks a new chapter for one of Arizona's most distinctive landscapes. 

The Department of the Interior and the National Park Service today announced a final rule restoring the longstanding Alaska-specific regulatory framework governing wildlife harvest, subsistence-related activities and certain public access procedures in national parks and preserves across Alaska.

The Department of the Interior and the National Park Service today announced a proposed rule that would allow qualifying rural residents of Anaktuvuk Pass to use off-road vehicles for lawful subsistence activities in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. The proposed rule is open for public comment for 60 days.