Press Releases

The Department of the Interior held a landmark oil and gas lease sale today for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, resulting in 187 leases and $163,696,722 in total receipts. The sale, which was the first for the reserve since 2019 and the first under President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, made history for the leasing program in the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, with the most revenue generated ever, the most tracts receiving bids and the second most acreage sold in a single sale.

The Department of the Interior today announced $889 million in investments for critical water infrastructure projects across the West made possible by President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The Department of the Interior and the Office of Management and Budget's Made in America Office today announced that the Department will prioritize the sourcing of uniforms and other textiles made in the United States, delivering on President Donald J. Trump's Buy American agenda and using the federal government's purchasing power to reinvigorate America's industrial base.

The Department of the Interior announced today’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 2, or BBG2, generated $46,976,423 in high bids.

The Department of the Interior today announced a proposed rule to restore longstanding hunting and trapping regulations on Alaska’s national preserves, realigning federal regulations with Alaska state wildlife management laws and reinstating the framework that governed preserves for more than three decades.

The Department of the Interior and the Alaska Department of Health announced a new agreement that strengthens coordination to support timely and accurate probate services for Alaska Native communities.

The Department of the Interior is proposing updates to reduce costly regulations on the offshore oil and gas industry, freeing up billions of dollars for investment, exploration, production and job growth.

Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke visited Montana Tech University in Butte, MT, to tour the Lance College of Mines and Engineering advanced mineral labs, receive a briefing on the latest engineering technology the school has developed, and host a roundtable discussion with local stakeholders on the Trump administration’s commitment to bringing mining jobs back to Montana.

The Department of the Interior has released a new report highlighting five years of progress in preventing, detecting and controlling invasive species across the nation’s public lands and waters.

Tonight, President Donald J. Trump delivered a State of the Union address highlighting the groundbreaking work of his historic administration that is making life more affordable for Americans as we usher in the Golden Age of America.