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In recognition of LGBT Pride month, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced that the Henry Gerber House in Chicago has been designated a National Historic Landmark, becoming the nation's second LGBT related property to achieve such recognition.

Today's "Ivory Crush" in New York's Times Square sends a clear message that the United States will not tolerate wildlife crimes that threaten to wipe out the African elephant and a host of other species around the globe.

The Department of the Interior today announced that its Bureau of Reclamation is awarding $6.5 million in grants for more efficient management of California's water as part of the Administration's effort to bring relief to drought-stricken commu

Project locations span from conifer forests, deserts and sagebrush-steppe in the West to the coastal plain of the Southeast. The 10 selected projects will leverage matching funds for treatments that will affect tens of millions of acres of public land.

U.S Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell & U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced above average fire activity projections for the 2015 wildfire season and called for reforms in how the federal government funds wildfire suppression efforts.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently became aware of a cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data that may have exposed the personal information of current and former Federal employees.

In advance of National Trails Day this Saturday, June 6, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis designated 10 local and state trails as national recreation trails.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to announce Baltimore as one of 50 cities nationwide to participate in the Obama Administration's initiative to connect a new generation to the great outdoors

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the approval of the first three solar energy projects to benefit from the streamlined permitting process of the Bureau of Land Management's Western Solar Plan.