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Today President Obama issued an historic Presidential Memorandum underscoring his conviction that “we all have a moral obligation to the next generation to leave America’s natural resources in better condition than we inherited them.” To guide the Department’s implementation of the Presidential Memorandum, today the Interior Department issued a new Departmental policy. 

In sadness and celebration, the Statue of Liberty comforts and inspires our nation. After these 129 years, it’s impossible to imagine an America without the Statue of Liberty.

National parks are some of the most breathtaking places in the United States. So it should come as no surprise that national parks were some of the top places people love to Instagram.

Why we need more women in the conservation field. 

“Gen-I is about all of you investing in your promise by getting a good education. You’ve got to finish high school, go on to college or a vocational training program so that you are in a position to get good jobs and be the leaders that you were meant to be." -First Lady Michelle Obama to Native youth, July 9, 2015  

National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, Pope Francis, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell

On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, the United States came under attack when four commercial airliners were hijacked in an act of terrorism. Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York and a third into the Pentagon in Virginia. Nearly 3,000 people tragically lost their lives. Thanks to the heroic actions of the 40 passengers and crew aboard the fourth plane -- Flight 93 -- the U.S. Capitol was saved.