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US Travel Loves New US Secretary of the Interior

Former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum confirmed as Secretary of the Interior
Former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum confirmed as Secretary of the Interior
Written by Harry Johnson

As Interior Secretary, Burgum will lead the US Department of the Interior, a Cabinet-level agency that manages the nation’s natural and cultural resources.

Yesterday, US Senate voted to confirm former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior.

As Interior Secretary, Burgum will lead the US Department of the Interior, a Cabinet-level agency that manages the nation’s natural and cultural resources. The department employs approximately 70,000 employees in 11 technical bureaus: the National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Geological Survey, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement, and the federal bureaus of Indian Affairs, Indian Education, Land Management, Ocean Energy Management, Reclamation, Safety & Environmental Enforcement, and Trust Funds Administration. The department provides access to more than 500 million acres of public lands, 700 million acres of subsurface minerals, and 1.7 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf.

US Travel Association released the following statement regarding the Senate’s confirmation of Governor Doug Burgum as the head of the Department of the Interior:

“Doug Burgum is the kind of strong, results-driven leader we need to oversee our nation’s most iconic public lands—our national parks—which remain a source of deep pride and a key driver of visitation from travelers, domestically and abroad. Under Secretary Burgum’s leadership, and as we look ahead to celebrations of the 250th anniversary of our great nation, we can continue to build on the success of these destinations and strengthen their role in our economy.”

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