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unusual facts about U.S. Department of the Interior



Fort White, Florida

In 1972, the head spring of the river was declared a National Natural Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior, and word got out: drive to Fort White and float down the Ichetucknee on an inner tube.

Frederic B. Vogel

As general manager for Lumadrama (a son e lumiere) at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Vogel coordinated this tourist and educational program with the U.S. Department of the Interior and was responsible for its operation.

Green Springs National Historic Landmark District

Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar

In May 2010 the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a moratorium on all deepwater drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, pending a six-month review by a White House appointed panel.

In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a six-month moratorium on exploratory drilling in deep water.

James L. Dennis

Dennis is one of three judges on a panel that will hear the appeal to Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar, a case challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior six month moratorium on exploratory drilling in deep water that was adopted in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill.

W. Eugene Davis

Davis is one of three judges on a panel that will hear the appeal to Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar, a case challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior six month moratorium on exploratory drilling in deep water that was adopted in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill.


see also

Julie MacDonald

Julie A. MacDonald (born 1955), former U.S. Department of the Interior official