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doi.gov is the official website of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the federal department that manages the nation's natural resources and cultural heritage, supplies scientific information about them, and carries out trust responsibilities to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and affiliated Island Communities. Use the site when you need the department's own statements of mission and priorities, its recent news and orders, or entry points to its public services such as webcams and hearings and appeals case inventories. It is a government information site, not a commercial service.
What the department says it does
The site states the mission in three parts:
- Protects and manages the Nation's natural resources and cultural heritage.
- Provides scientific and other information about those resources.
- Honors trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and affiliated Island Communities.
The homepage frames this work under the heading "Stewarding Conservation and Powering Our Future," presenting conservation and energy development as parallel priorities rather than opposing ones.
What you can find on the site
| Section | What it offers |
|---|---|
| Recent News | Dated announcements and signed orders, such as a Secretary's Order on grazing and domestic meat production, a USGS natural gas assessment for Alaska's North Slope, and a monument redesignated as a national park |
| Our Mission | The department's formal mission statement |
| More from the Interior | Feature pages on energy dominance, domestic investment figures, and a commission midterm report on environmental restoration |
| Webcams | Wildlife camera feeds described as unpredictable by nature |
| Hearings and Appeals Case Inventories | Search for pending cases, issued decisions, and dispositive orders |
How to use it for a specific task
If you want to know the department's current direction, start with Recent News: items are dated and tied to signed orders, so you can see what changed and when. If you need the official scope of the department, read Our Mission rather than inferring it from news items. If you are tracking an administrative case, go to Hearings and Appeals Case Inventories and search by case rather than browsing news.
One caveat: the site presents the department's own framing. Statements about investment totals or policy effects are the department's claims, and the site does not publish underlying methodology on the pages described here.
What it is not
The site does not present itself as a general portal for all federal environmental information, and no pricing or login terms are stated on the pages described. For decisions that depend on legal or regulatory detail, treat the site as a starting point and follow through to the specific agency or docket it points to.