U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Congress on Thursday that he doesn’t know how many wildfire-certified personnel have left his department as a result of the federal voluntary ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced sweeping actions Tuesday aimed at expanding hunting and fishing opportunities across federally managed lands and waters, calling the effort the largest ...

Federal officials are investigating a fuel spill on the National Mall near construction for America250 celebrations, after they said a fuel line was cut.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President-elect Donald Trump this week announced Republican Gov. of North Dakota Doug Burgum as his pick to oversee the U.S.

The Department of the Interior has expanded its list of critical minerals to include copper, coal, and other resources, meaning they will be eligible for funding and streamlined permitting. The move ...

BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Department of the Interior has completed removing the word "squaw" from federal geographic features likes buttes, creeks and canyons. The term is seen as derogatory toward ...

Officials with the Interior Department on Thursday fended off attacks from House Republicans over the department’s deployment of telework for employees in non-public facing positions, touting both the ...

Just two months after the Department of the Interior gave its approval for the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians’ casino project in Vallejo, the organization has formally let interested parties know ...

Most immediately, museums (the definition of which can include universities or any institution that receives Federal funds) will be required, in consultation with tribes, to update inventories of ...

The Interior Department created in 1849 as the United States was rapidly expanding and acquiring territory. It became known as “the department of everything else” for its enormous portfolio of ...