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The United States launched an implementation plan for the President's National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking, which will be a roadmap to fighting poaching and illegal wildlife trade.

Just a few weeks ago, I was at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History remembering an unfortunately dark moment in conservation history – exactly a century before, on September 1, 1914, the last known passenger pigeon died in a Cincinnati zoo.

Over the years, the Department of the Interior has worked closely with the Western States Tourism Policy Council, a consortium of 13 state tourism offices, to promote tourism throughout the West as a way of spurring economic growth and supporting jobs in

The men and women who serve in the National Park Service joined our organization to be part of something special, and all of us, no matter what our role, help bring America's stories to life for our visitors.

Today, we joined the community of Las Cruces, New Mexico to celebrate the President's designation of the Organ Mountains – Desert Peaks National Monument, a breathtaking set of mountain ranges and lowlands in southern New Mexico.

California is in the throes of the worst drought in the 160 years during which records have been kept. As a result, the state's overextended water system is in crisis.