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The Department of the Interior and the Alaska Department of Health announced a new agreement that strengthens coordination to support timely and accurate probate services for Alaska Native communities.

The Department of the Interior is proposing updates to reduce costly regulations on the offshore oil and gas industry, freeing up billions of dollars for investment, exploration, production and job growth.

Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke visited Montana Tech University in Butte, MT, to tour the Lance College of Mines and Engineering advanced mineral labs, receive a briefing on the latest engineering technology the school has developed, and host a roundtable discussion with local stakeholders on the Trump administration’s commitment to bringing mining jobs back to Montana.

The Department of the Interior has released a new report highlighting five years of progress in preventing, detecting and controlling invasive species across the nation’s public lands and waters.

Tonight, President Donald J. Trump delivered a State of the Union address highlighting the groundbreaking work of his historic administration that is making life more affordable for Americans as we usher in the Golden Age of America.

Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, the Department of the Interior today announced final sweeping reforms to its National Environmental Policy Act procedures, cutting red tape, accelerating project approvals, and restoring NEPA to its intended role as a focused, efficient decision-making tool. 

President Trump’s National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) is set to host the inaugural Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum alongside our great ally, Japan. Chairman of the NEDC and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Vice-Chairman and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin will travel to Tokyo, Japan, in March to convene with nearly a dozen Indo-pacific countries to secure new U.S. investments and advance deals already secured as a result of President Trump’s America First and Energy Dominance agenda

The Department of the Interior is set to issue Public Land Order No. 7966 in Alaska’s Dalton Utility Corridor, opening approximately 2.1 million acres of public land to location and entry under the public land and mining laws.

The Department of the Interior has signed an amendment to its cooperative agreement with the State of West Virginia, giving the state expanded authority to regulate coal mining and reclamation on federal lands within its borders.