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department of the interior

Department of the Interior. The cabinet-level department of the federal government responsible for managing the nation’s public lands and minerals, national parks, national wildlife refuges, and western water resources, and for upholding federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes. • The Department also has responsibility for migratory-wildlife conservation; historical preservation; endangered species; surface-mined-lands preservation and restoration; […]

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Interior Department

glossary / INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, 内政部

Interior Department 〈美〉内政部美国于1849年成立的一个部。主要职责是发展美国的自然资源和保护美国的环境。该部管理所有公共土地，包括为放牧保留的牧地、国家公园、纪念物及国家历史名胜，它的职责中也包括监督开发公共土地上的煤和石油之类的自然资源。此外，该部筹划和监督垦荒工作，特别是在干旱地区的灌溉工程；它执行联邦管制打猎和捕鱼的法律，并保护美国的鱼类和野生物；它强制执行矿井安全标准以及监督自愿留居保留地的美国印第安人的卫生、福利和教育工作。

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land department

glossary / LAND DEPARTMENT, 土地部门

land department 〈美〉土地部门确定与公共土地〔public land〕的控制与转让相关事实问题的某一联邦或州政府部门。联邦土地部门包括由内务部长〔Secretary of the Interior〕为首的土地总局〔General Land Office〕在内。

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land department

glossary / LAND DEPARTMENT

land department. A federal or state bureau that determines factual matters regarding the control and transfer of public land. • The federal land department includes the General Land Office headed by the Secretary of the Interior. See DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. [Cases: Public Lands 94. C.J.S. Public Lands §§ 167–168.]

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secretary of the interior

glossary / SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

Secretary of the Interior. The member of the President’s cabinet who heads the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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united states fish and wildlife service

glossary / UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

United States Fish and Wildlife Service. A unit in the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for managing more than 93 million acres of land and water consisting of more than 500 national wildlife refuges and thousands of small wetlands. • It also administers or enforces laws relating to migratory birds, endangered species, certain marine

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bureau of land management

glossary / BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Bureau of Land Management. The unit within the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for managing the national-resource lands (some 450 million acres) and their resources and for administering the mineral resources connected with acquired lands and the submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). • The bureau was established on July 16, 1946,

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bureau of indian affairs

glossary / BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Bureau of Indian Affairs. A unit in the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for helping Indian and Alaskan native people manage their affairs under the trust relationship with the U.S., and for promoting programs for their benefit. • Originally created as part of the War Department in 1824, the Bureau was transferred to the

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Indian Affairs Bureau

glossary / Indian Affairs Bureau, 印第安事务署

Indian Affairs Bureau 〈美〉印第安事务署内务部〔Department of the Interior〕下属的联邦机关，由参议院提名通过、总统任命的印第安事务专员〔Commissioner of Indian Affairs〕领导，旨在推进和简化规范印第安事务法律的实施。

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bureau of reclamation

glossary / BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

Bureau of Reclamation. A unit in the U.S. Department of the Interior that built dams in 17 western states and is now responsible for selling hydroelectric power from those dams and water from the reservoirs. • Among the 600 dams constructed are Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee Dam.

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