The U.S. Department of the Interior's shutdown plan generally keeps roads, lookouts, trails, and open-air memorials accessible but allows closing areas if access becomes a safety, health, or resource protection issue or if resources are vulnerable to destruction or looting.
November 08, 2025
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policy
Standard departmental guidance used to determine public access to park features during staffing-limited periods.
The U.S. Department of the Interior employs approximately 70,000 individuals.
October 10, 2025
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statistical
Size of the federal department's workforce
The U.S. Department of the Interior is the federal agency that oversees the National Park Service.
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non-temporal
Organizational relationship between federal agencies responsible for managing national parks.
The U.S. National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program issues offshore oil and gas leases on five-year cycles.
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temporal
Describes the federal program's recurring schedule for issuing offshore leases.
The U.S. Department of the Interior is a federal agency that includes bureaus such as the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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descriptive
Organizational composition of the Department of the Interior.
Oversight and management of national parks is a primary responsibility of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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descriptive
Core responsibilities of the Department of the Interior related to public lands.