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The Department of the Interior today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will incorporate feedback from North Dakota farmers, ranchers and conservation partners as it updates and expands an innovative Prairie Pothole Wetland pilot project addressing landowner concerns—particularly with wetland easements purchased prior to 1976.

The Department of the Interior today announced the council members for the recently reestablished Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation and Access Council.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of the Interior are mourning U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service federal wildlife officer David Taylor, 38 of Scio, Oregon, died on Aug. 29 while helping evacuate residents threatened by the Railroad South Fire in Comanche County, Oklahoma.

The Department of the Interior today announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is finalizing a streamlined process for authorizing seasonal migratory game bird hunting, reducing unnecessary federal rulemaking while providing greater predictability for states, tribes and hunters.

The Department of the Interior issued the 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and the Record of Decision for the Post-2026 Colorado River Operations Final EIS, establishing a 10-year Decision Framework with a broad operational range that will be used to develop future operational guidelines for Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

With extreme wildfire activity exhausting all available federal firefighting resources and the national wildfire system operating at its highest level of readiness, the Department of the Interior has finalized two categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act to expedite Bureau of Land Management timber salvage and forest thinning projects.

This week, the Bureau of Land Management set records for the bureau’s highest parcel bid at $4,168,725 and highest per-acre bid at $1,207 and was the second largest lease sale in total dollars in the Bureau’s history.

The Department of the Interior and the National Park Service invite Americans to celebrate the people, places and events that shaped our nation during National Park Week, Aug. 22-30, 2026.

The Department of the Interior today announced the largest expansion of hunting and sport fishing opportunities in the history of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. With this action, more than 92 million acres, or over 95% of National Wildlife Refuge System lands, are available for hunting, marking a significant milestone in expanding public access to America’s lands and waters and reinforcing the administration’s commitment to outdoor recreation, conservation and rural economic growth. 

The Department of the Interior today announced that the Marine Minerals Administration’s Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 3, or BBG3, generated $82,689,756 in high bids for 59 blocks in federal waters of the Gulf of America. Sixteen companies submitted 69 bids totaling $99,476,285.