U.S. Department of the Interior Economic Report FY 2013 July 11, 2014

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI, or Interior) plays an integral role in protecting America's natural resources and heritage, honoring our cultures and tribal communities, and supplying the energy to power our future. Interior's people, programs, and responsibilities impact Americans across all 50 States. The Department is the steward of 20 percent of the Nation's lands, managing national parks, national wildlife refuges, and public lands and assisting States, Tribes, and others in the management of natural and cultural resources. Interior grants access to public lands and offshore areas for renewable and conventional energy development-covering roughly a quarter of the Nation's domestic supplies of oil and natural gas-while ensuring safety, environmental protection and revenue collection for the American public.