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In support of the Trump Administration’s energy dominance agenda, the Department of the Interior today announced a Bureau of Land Management policy update designed to expedite the oil and gas leasing process on public lands.

The Department of the Interior announced today the expedited permitting review of a major energy project—the Velvet-Wood mine in Utah—under its newly established emergency procedures.

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum wrapped a productive day in Brooklyn, NY that started at a natural gas facility and ended with local families at Floyd Bennett Field, a site that was previously used as an illegal migrant encampment under the Biden administration.

Today, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation marked major progress for the continued short-term health of the Colorado River System. Eighteen short-term System Conservation Implementation agreements with water entitlement holders in Arizona and California have been negotiated to include additional conservation of Colorado River System water.

In a major step to expand recreational access to America’s public lands, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum today announced 42 new proposed hunting opportunities across more than 87,000 acres within the National Wildlife Refuge System and National Fish Hatchery System.

The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced its intent to revise the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s 2024 Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations Rule and proceed with development of a new rule that is consistent with the Trump administration’s 2020 proposed regulatory framework.

Secretary Doug Burgum traveled to the Gulf of America today to tour an offshore oil rig and liquefied natural gas export facility.