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The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Land Management coal lease sale in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, generated over $46 million in revenue and will give access to 53 million tons of metallurgical coal on 14,050 acres of federal mineral estate. Metallurgical coal is a critical fuel source in America’s steelmaking industry.

The Department of the Interior today announced the opening of 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal leasing, tripling the benchmarks set by the landmark One Big Beautiful Bill Act and delivering on President Donald J. Trump’s directive to restore American Energy Dominance.

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum today announced the appointment of Scott H. Brecht as the next Chief of the U.S. Park Police, the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agency in the nation. Chief Brecht will succeed Chief Jessica M. E. Taylor, who will continue to serve the American people as the Chief Security and Resiliency Officer as a political appointee at the Social Security Administration under President Donald J. Trump.

The Department of the Interior today announced more than $54 million from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund has been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, providing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service the ability to conserve 21,737 acres of waterfowl habitat and increase public access on four national wildlife refuges.

The Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture today announced the coordinated action to implement President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14308, Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response, by announcing the U.S. Wildland Fire Service to modernize wildfire management nationwide.

The Department of the Interior is proposing to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, aligning with Secretary Doug Burgum’s commitment to restoring balance in federal land management by prioritizing multiple-use access, empowering local decision-making and supporting responsible energy development, ranching, grazing, timber production and recreation across America’s public lands.

Expansion allows the mine to recover 9.2 million tons of coal and create new jobs

The Department of the Interior Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs today announced an updated policy to cut red tape and speed up the process for approving tribal broadband infrastructure projects as part of Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum’s commitment to streamline support for tribal initiatives, from infrastructure to energy development.