U.S. Department of the Interior Information

Bureaus and Agencies of Interior

(links to the their web sites)

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Bureau of Indian Education
• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
• Bureau of Trust Funds Administration
• Indian Arts and Crafts Board
• National Park Service
• Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Office of the Secretary
• Office of Policy, Management & Budget
• Office of Insular Affairs
• Office of the Solicitor
• Office of Inspector General
   

Departmentwide Information

• News Releases
• News Archive
• Electronic Library of Interior Policies  (ELIPS)
  ELIPS is a library of the official, Department-wide policies and procedures for the Department of the Interior. It contains long term policies, mandatory procedures, and descriptions of major organization components, as well as selected Secretary’s Orders from 1992 to the present. Current and superseded or expired Departmental Manual Chapters and Bulletins and Memoranda are available on ELIPS.
• Solicitor's Opinions
• Office of Hearings and Appeals
• Appropriations
• Budget and Performance Portal, including Budget in Brief and Budget Justifications
• Strategic Plans
• Performance Reports
• Department Financial Reports
   

History

• History of Interior
• The Department of Everything Else: Highlights of Interior History
  Book by Robert M. Utley and Barry Mackintosh, 1989
• Secretaries of the Interior

Bureau Histories

• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
  The reorganization of the former Minerals Management Service
• Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
  Was also derived from the former Minerals Management Service
• Bureau of Reclamation
• National Park Service
• Fish and Wildlife Service
• Geological Survey

Partnerships

• Public Lands Alliance
• Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units Network
• Interagency Visitor Use Management Council
• National Wildlife Refuge Association

Publications

Bureau of Indian Affairs

• Tribal Leaders Directory
• Indian Affairs Manual
• Regional Directives
• Memoranda
• Handbooks
• A Guide to Tracing American Indian and Alaska Native Ancestry

Bureau of Land Management

• Information Center
• Photo Library
• BLM Handbooks
• BLM Manual
• • Instruction Memoranda
  • Information Bulletins
• BLM Press Releases
• Social Media
• Land Use Planning and National Environmental Policy Act Documents (ePlanning Project Search)
• Planning and NEPA
• General Land Office Records
  Search for official Federal land title records from 1820 to the mid-1960’s
• More Land Records
• BLM Technical Notes
• BLM Technical References
• Cultural Resources Series
• Desk Guide to Cooperating Agency Relationships
• Energy and Minerals
  With links to project data and production statistics
• InciWeb: Incident Information System
  InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident information management system; it provides the latest on hazardous conditions on public lands.
• Laws and Regulations
• National Conservation Lands
• National Training Center
• National Wild Horse and Burro Program
• North Slope Science Initiative
• Public Land Orders
• Public Land Statistics
• Recreation and Visitor Services

Bureau of Mines

The United States Bureau of Mines was established in 1910 by the Department of the Interior and abolished in 1996.

• Bureau of Mines Publications (Public NTRL database search)
  The National Technical Information Service maintains the collection of the Bureau's 5,893 documents. Refine your search by choosing Bureau of Mines as the Source.
   

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

    Until May 2010, the Minerals Management Service

• Press Releases
• The Environmental Studies Program Information System (EPSIS)
  EPSIS makes all completed ESP reports available online as full electronic .pdf documents, including images and graphics. Technical summaries of over 700 sponsored environmental research projects, as well as full pdf documents of over 2,000 research reports, are available for online full text search.

• BOEM Library

• BOEM Manuals
  Contains internal regulations, containing policy, procedures, and responsibilities of the Office of the Director, Office of Renewable Energy Programs, Office of Environmental Programs, and the Office of Strategic Resources.

  Scientific and Technical Publications by Region:

• Alaska Region
• Gulf of Mexico Region

Bureau of Reclamation

• News Releases

• Bureau of Reclamation Manual
• Policies
• Basin Studies Program
• Desalination and Water Purification Research Publications
• Drought Response Program
• Engineering Geology Field Manual
• Manuals and Guidelines
• Projects and Facilities Database
  Find general information about Reclamation's dams, power plants, and more
• Reclamation History Website
• Water Measurement Manual
• Water Treatment Primer
• Science and Technology Research Results
  • Bulletins and Updates

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

• News Room

• Offshore Incident Investigations
• Offshore Information
• Guidance and Regulation

Indian Arts and Crafts Board

• Publications
• Source Directory of American Indian and Alaska Native Owned and Operated Arts and Crafts Businesses

National Park Service

• News

• Laws, Policies & Regulations
• Legislative and Congressional Affairs
  Links to searchable texts of the Laws Relating to the National Park Service and National Park Service Summaries of Public Laws
• Parks by Congressional Districts, 117th Congress
• Director's Orders
• Executive Orders
• Park Planning
  • Planning Documents
  • Projects with Documents Open for Comment
  • National Park System Advisory Board
• Budget Justifications
• Publications
• NPGallery: Digital Asset Management Program
• Multimedia Search
• Integrated Resource Management Applications (IRMA) Portal
• National Parks Index, 2012-2016, and Addendum, 2016-2017
• Park Science
• Park Histories
• Park Administrative Histories
• Oral History Interviews
• Archeology Publications
• History and Cultural Publications
• InciWeb: Incident Information System
  InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident information management system; it provides the latest on hazardous conditions on public lands.
• Inventory and Monitoring in the Parks
• Maps
• Museum Management Program Publications
  Includes the Museum Handbook
• Natural Resource Publications
• National Archeological Database
  Also available with enhanced indexing in the tDAR, The Digital Archaeological Record
  Locate citations to more than 350,000 technical reports and maps, mostly unpublished. Includes names of lead agencies and locations where copies may be available.
• National Register of Historic Places Program: Publications
• National Register of Historic Places Program: Research - Data Downloads
  Includes links to the National Register of Historic Places database
• National Trails System
• National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
• Preservation
• Social Science Program
• Virtual Museum Exhibits
• Water Resources  

Fish and Wildlife Service

• Newsroom
• Servicewide Policies
• Fish and Wildlife Service Director's Orders
• Fish and Wildlife Service Handbooks
• Fish and Wildlife Service Manual
• Endangered Species Recovery Plans
• Comprehensive Conservation Plans
  Produced for the National Wildlife Refuges
• Environmental Conservation Online System
  Includes links to lists of all threatened and endangered animals and plants, reclassified species, and delisted species; critical habitats, success stories, information on fish passage, and interactive maps.
• Fish and Wildlife News
  Fish & Wildlife News is the quarterly magazine of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is written by and about Fish and Wildlife Service employees in offices around the nation, retirees, and the public.
• Wildlife Fact Sheets

Geological Survey

• News Releases

• Publications Warehouse

• Science Explorer

• Board on Geographic Names
  • Search U.S. Geographic Names
• Contaminant Hazard Reviews
• Earth Explorer
  Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products
• Groundwater Information
• Ground Water Atlas of the United States
• Metal Industry Indicators, Mineral Commodity Summaries, Mineral Industry Surveys, Minerals Yearbook, and more
• Minerals Yearbook Archive (1932-1993)
• National Geologic Map Database
• The National Map Viewer
  • The National Map -- Data Delivery
    Access topographical map products, GIS data, and the full suite of The National Map’s applications and visualization services
  • Historical Topographic Maps
• National Minerals Information Center
• Water Data for the Nation
   

Updated December 2022