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Stewarding conservation and powering our future. For news & policy:
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Fought over the first three days of July in 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg marked a turning point not only in the course of the American Civil War but for the future of the United States. At
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, the stories, relics and history are forever preserved. Photo: D. Shearer
Silent canons during a deep red and orange sunset
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Happy 50th anniversary to America's first urban wildlife refuge, John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge! The refuge is a treasured green space nestled within the city of Philadelphia that serves as a model of what it looks like to create inclusive spaces that all people can access.
a group of younger people standing in a tidal marsh holding up fresh mussels
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Critical minerals power everything from appliances and phones to clean energy technologies like batteries. Resources from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will accelerate
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’ efforts to modernize the nation's critical mineral maps and strengthen key domestic supply chains.
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The colors and textures of
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in Utah are magical. Water and ice have sculpted the world’s largest concentration of distinctive and mysterious rock formations known as hoodoos. Photo by Gloria Enger
Clusters and lines of jagged orange rock formations cover a sloping hillside.
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We are committed to preserving, protecting and telling the stories of all Americans. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn provoked a spontaneous act of resistance and became a catalyst that launched the modern LGBTQI+ civil rights movement.
Stonewall Inn nightclub raid crowd attempts to impede police in 1969. Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images.
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storm tide sensors provide water level and wave data that local, state and federal officials use to inform decisions that help protect lives and property. Scientists use the information gathered by the sensors to fine-tune future storm surges and coastal change forecasts.
USGS employee deploying a storm tide sensor to monitor water levels likely to be affected by a hurricane.
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When coastal storms like hurricanes and Nor’easters make landfall, the rising waters they bring can cause significant flooding and damage. They can destroy homes and businesses, wipe out roads, bridges, water and sewer systems and profoundly alter coastal landscapes.
Hurricane Sandy pounds the Massachusetts coast topping Seaview Avenue in Oak Bluffs on Oct. 29, 2012. (FEMA photo courtesy of The Vineyard Gazette/Sam Low)
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A tiny yet mighty pollinator! Hummingbirds have long, slender bills and tube-like tongues to drink nectar from brightly colored flowers, giving them the energy they need to fuel their high metabolism and carry pollen from plant to plant. Video by Steven Bumgardner
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Happy Father's Day! Thank you to all the fathers and father figures who nurture, support and take us on life’s adventures! Photo by Lily Seelig
Father and son looking out into the Grand Canyon during sunset.
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The northern lights dance across the sky over the glacial lakes in Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota, one of the darkest places in the contiguous United States. They can appear any time of year, including summer. Photo by Sam Brueggeman
green, yellow, and purple northern lights swirl over a lake
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New album about to drop. Ferruginous hawks are known to “tour� in the plains and prairies of the American West. Photo at Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho by Larry Ridenhour /
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four hawks standing in their nest staring directly at the camera with a dark, stormy sky.
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Reclamation works with states, Tribes, agriculture, power customers, municipalities, conservation organizations, and others to build resilient communities, mitigate drought impacts and protect our water supplies for people and the natural environment.
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Dotted along the trails at
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are the long-leaved sundews: a tiny, red carnivorous plant that attracts insects with sticky dew-like droplets on the end of its leaves. When an unsuspecting insect gets stuck, the plant quickly curls inwards to engulf its prey.
Red hair-like tendrils on leaf tips are tipped with glistening droplets that attract passing insects. Photo by Glacier National Park
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Nesting season is a critical time for sea turtles at our national parks, seashores, wildlife refuges and public lands. Turtle hatchlings face many dangers in making it safely from the beach to the sea — help them out by following the local rules. Video by National Park Service
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Less than 10% of the plastic trash ever produced has been recycled. As stewards of our public lands and waters, Interior will play a leading role in reducing plastic waste's impact on our ecosystems and our planet. Photo by Susan White /
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Marine debris litters a beach on Laysan Island in the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, where it washed ashore.
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A sure sign that summer is quickly approaching: the blooming rhododendrons at
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. Every June, pink and purple blooms appear along exposed mountain ridges near the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina. Photo courtesy of Luke Sutton
Pink flowers grow in a bunch along a mountain ridge overlooking a rolling landscape of forested mountains under a bright sunset sky.
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