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10 unusual facts about United States Department of the Interior


Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

His father, a messenger for the Interior Department, and his mother, a nurse, urged him to enroll in college after high school.

Dimmit County, Texas

By 1934, the United States Department of the Interior concluded that the existing water supply would not support substantial additional development.

Donald H. Magnuson

During his time in Congress he served on the Appropriations Committee subcommittee on Department of State, Justice and Judiciary, and the Department of the Interior.

Green Springs National Historic Landmark District

Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

History of American Samoa

After the war, Organic Act 4500, a U.S. Department of Interior-sponsored attempt to incorporate American Samoa, was defeated in Congress, primarily through the efforts of American Samoan chiefs, led by Tuiasosopo Mariota.

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.

International Law Enforcement Academy

Participating agencies include DSS, DEA, ATF, FBI, ICE, FLETC, and DOI, among others.

McCullough Range

Some of the northern part of the range is designated as the North McCullough Wilderness Area by the US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management while the some of the southern part of the range is similarly designated as the South McCullough Wilderness Area.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Denton County, Texas

The National Historic Landmark Program is administered by the National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior.


Aviat Husky

Notable users include the US Department of the Interior and Agriculture and the Kenya Wildlife Service, which flies seven on aerial patrols of elephant herds as part of the fight against illegal ivory poaching.

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014

The bill would make appropriations for FY2014 to the United States Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project Completion Account; (2) the United States Bureau of Reclamation, including for water and related natural resources; (3) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; (4) California Bay-Delta Restoration; (5) administrative expenses in the Office of the Commissioner (the Denver office); and (6) offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation.

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.

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.

Manuel V. Domenech

Another relative, Douglas Domenech, his grand nephew, served as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Department of the Interior and a Bush appointee to the White House Task Force on Puerto Rico's Political Status and now serves as Secretary of Naturl Resources of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Monticello Raceway

In January 2008, Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior vetoed any Mohawk plans for a casino saying the Mohawk reservation on the Canadian border was too far from the track.

Spirit Mound Historic Prairie

In 2004 the United States Department of the Interior designated the trail leading to the summit of Spirit Mound as a National Recreation Trail.

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

SMCRA also created the Office of Surface Mining, an agency within the Department of the Interior, to promulgate regulations, to fund state regulatory and reclamation efforts, and to ensure consistency among state regulatory programs.

Trona Airport

It is owned by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management and is located four nautical miles (7.41 km) north of the central business district of Trona, California.

United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

It is also responsible for the multi-billion dollar budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Interior Department's U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

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.