U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Honorable Gale E. Norton, Secretary The U.S. Department of the Interior, with eight bureaus, is the Nation’s principal conservation agency. It is charged with protecting and providing access to America’s natural and cultural heritage, offering recreation opportunities, honoring its trust responsibilities to American Indians and Alaska Natives, conducting scientific research, providing wise stewardship of energy and mineral resources, fostering sound use of land and water resources, and conserving and protecting fish and wildlife. Secretary Norton served from 1991 to 1999 as Attorney General of Colorado. Before that she was Associate Solicitor of DOI, overseeing endangered species and public lands legal…
