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A baby black-footed ferret clone born at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center, in Carr, Colo., in 2024. The center, which is part of the Interior Department, is facing severe financial pressure due to budget cuts driven by the new Trump administration.

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Ferrets, water testing and future scientists at risk due to DOGE spending cuts

Interior Department employees say they have been scrambling to keep the lights on and do their jobs as budget cuts driven by the Department of Government efficiency team start to bite.

March 20, 2025
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin,
  • Jonathan Lambert,
  • and 1 more
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, pictured at a campaign rally early this month in Michigan, would play a key role in pushing President-leect Donald Trump's agenda to increase oil, gas and coal production on public lands if he is confirmed as secretary of the Interior Department.

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Trump picks North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department

Burgum ran in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. He then became a vocal supporter of Preesident-elect Donald Trump and was shortlisted for the GOP vice presidential nomination.

November 14, 2024
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler and
  • Jeongyoon Han
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge features live oak trees draped with Spanish moss, as pictured here on the north side of the peninsula, as well as saltmarsh, pine forests and shrublands.

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  • Politics

Along Georgia's coast, a call to Biden from the Gullah Geechee: Return part of our ancestral land

Expelled from their property by the military amid World War II, Black families in the Harris Neck Land Trust are asking President Biden for an executive order to “correct a moral wrong.”

May 21, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
A handprint stained on the window at the Navajo Nation Detention in Shiprock, N.M., on April 13, 2021.

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Inmates continue to die in tribal jails despite promises of reform

At least four inmates died and 46 others attempted suicide from July 2021 through June 2022, according to a new report. It is the most yearly deaths and attempted suicides recorded since 2016.

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Nate Hegyi
Firefighter extinguish a fire at night

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  • Politics

Federal firefighters waiting for pay raises they hope will help fill their ranks

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.

June 11, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Firefighter extinguish a fire at night

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  • Politics

Federal firefighters waiting for pay raises they hope will help fill their ranks

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.

June 11, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
A mother bison leads her calf through deep snow toward a road in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., Feb. 20, 2021.

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  • Environment

The federal government is planning to phase out single-use plastics at national parks

More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced in the U.S. each year, with 14 million of them ending up in the ocean, according to the Department of Interior.

June 09, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., during her Senate hearing Tuesday to be Interior Secretary. If confirmed, she would be the first Native American to hold the post.

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  • Environment

Interior Nominee Deb Haaland Faces Tough Questions On Climate Goals

Despite Biden's ambitious climate plan, Haaland told lawmakers the country would not abandon fossil fuels "overnight." If confirmed, she would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary.

February 23, 2021
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By:
  • Nathan Rott

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