In choosing Colorado native Salazar as Interior secretary, President Obama followed the tradition of giving the job to a politician from the West, where most ...
Hayes is Interior's chief operating officer, managing the department's 70,000 employees and more than $14 billion budget. Ken Salazar described him as "a key part ...
If things had gone according to plan, Strickland would be a U.S. senator from Colorado now, but he came up short in his 1996 and ...
EchoHawk was the first American Indian in U.S. history to be elected as a state attorney general. He has also served as an Idaho state ...
After building an extensive career as a lawyer specializing in water rights and natural resources law, Castle will have a chance to help craft national ...
Lewis was the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, holding that post from 1998 to 2001. From April 1995 ...
Hamilton has spent his entire career at Fish and Wildlife, serving as director of the Southeast regional office in Atlanta for the last 12 years. ...
Although Connor had not previously worked for the Bureau of Reclamation, which manages water resources in the West, his background seems uniquely suited to his ...
Established: 1849
Address: 1849 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20240
Phone: 202-208-3100
2009 Budget: $14.4 billion
Employment: 68,609
Web Site: www.doi.gov
Functions: The Interior Department is the federal government's principal conservation agency, responsible for governing most nationally owned public lands and resources. The department administers land grants, oversees outdoor recreation, manages Indian affairs programs, operates national parks and historic sites, marks boundaries, and conducts research on geological resources.
