DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Definition & Meaning

Department of the Interior

noun

the department of the U.S. federal government charged with the conservation and development of the natural resources of the U.S. and its possessions. : DOI

Department of the Interior

A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and a variety of programs designed to preserve natural resources in the United States and its territories and possessions in the Pacific Ocean .

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“You are not cutting costs. You are cutting investments,” said Malcom, former director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the Department of the Interior.

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Under an agreement with the Department of the Interior, ranchers conveyed their land to the federal government and in exchange were issued long-term leases to work that land.

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The order also calls for the speeding up of permits for mining and processing projects as well as instructing the US Department of the Interior to prioritise mineral production on federal land.

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A spokesperson for the Department of the Interior said that the agency doesn’t comment on congressional correspondence but that it would carefully review the letter.

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These problems are compounded by the drain of staff at federal agencies such as the Forest Service and Department of the Interior, which together hire most of the country’s firefighters.

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