When Congress created the Interior Department, the young United States was in the process of nearly doubling its size after the U.S.-Mexican War. Gold had just been discovered in California ...

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 ...

After announcing the return of fireworks to the historic monument, Governor Larry Rhoden and Secretary Burgum have moved ...

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told a coalition of Western governors on Monday that their states are critical for helping deliver President Donald Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda. During a ...

President Trump ordered the Department of the Interior to look at raising revenue at national parks by increasing entry fees ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Monday the West must spearhead solutions to the “existential threat” facing the nation. It’s not climate change, which will be solved “in the next ...

Mohave County is formally inviting U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to Davis Dam to mark 75 years since it first ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, left, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright outside the West Wing in March. ... which oversees more than 500 million acres of land across the United States. ...

As Colorado River stakeholders scramble to negotiate the basin’s long-term operational guidelines, the Trump administration is expressing support for a state-level consensus agreement — ...