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Glenda Owens serves as Deputy Director of OSMRE. We asked her to share her path to the Department of the Interior, the work of OSMRE, and how addressing abandoned mine land helps Interior to tackle the climate crisis. 

To ensure that the doors are open to future leaders in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, we asked Dr. Candi Hudson, a mechanical engineer for oil spill response with the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and Tershara Matthews, chief of Emerging Programs with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, for their advice, insights and experiences.

The Department of the Interior is implementing an ambitious agenda to center justice, equity and inclusion in all our work.

Across the country, America’s public lands are becoming winter wonderlands. Check out these awesome places to visit during the winter.

Interior has taken bold action this year to steward the nation’s public lands, strengthen important environmental protections, pursue environmental justice, and honor our relationships with Tribal Nations. 

Birds connect us all. They connect water, land, air and us to other people, cultures and countries far away.

October 29 is National Cat Day, a day to celebrate these purrfect creatures. Sure, Interior lands have bobcats, ocelots, lynx and cougars, but now more than ever, we are seeing adventure cats making appearances too!  

They’ve been called creepy, scary and spooky, but bats are an important species that impact our daily lives in ways we might not even realize. 

Public lands are amazing all year, but there’s something really magnificent about the arrival of fall colors.

In addition to their scientific value, many satellite images are simply lovely to look at. Satellites capture an incredible variety of views of Earth.