The U.S. Department of the Interior is a federal executive department responsible for managing the nation’s natural resources, public lands, cultural heritage, and trust responsibilities to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and affiliated Island Communities.
Public lands and land use, natural resource management, conservation, wildlife and habitat protection, water and reclamation, energy development on federal lands and waters, Native American affairs and trust responsibilities, national parks and historic preservation, geological and scientific research, and environmental review and permitting.
Primarily funded through annual congressional appropriations as a federal agency.
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the Office of the Solicitor; Cabinet-level leadership includes the Secretary of the Interior.
Federal executive department
