department of the interior

     

When this department was established in 1849, it was called the Home Department

Trivia about department of the interior

  • This cabinet department leases offshore areas for oil & natural gas drilling
  • The Office of Surface Mining is part of this U.S. government department
  • In 1982, James Watt proposed changing this dept's seal from a buffalo facing left to one facing right
  • The Minerals Management Service
  • Calling herself a conservative & conservationist, Gale Norton is the first woman to head this cabinet dept.
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • The Bureau of Mines is part of this department
  • The National Park Service
  • The U.S. Geological Survey
  • Harold Ickes,Albert Fall,James Watt
  • The Bureau of Land Management is part of this cabinet department

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