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<br />Mission: AS the Nation's principal conservation <br />agency, the Department of the Interior has <br />responsibility for most of our nationally owned <br />public lands and natural and cultural resources. <br />This includes fostering wise use of our land and <br />water resources, protecting our fish and <br />wildlife, preserving the environmental and <br />cultural values of our national parks and <br />historical places, and providing for the <br />enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. <br />The Department assesses our energy and mineral <br />resources and works to assure that their <br />development is in the best interests of all <br />our people. The Department also promotes the <br />goals of the Take Pride in America campaign <br />by encouraging stewardship and citizen <br />responsibility for the public lands and <br />promoting citizen participation in their care. <br />The Department also has a major responsibility <br />for American Indian reservation communities and <br />for people who live is island territories under <br />U.S. Administration. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Cover Photo: Aerial view looking upstream to <br />Hoover Dam and Lake Mead showing white water in <br />the Colorado River below the spillway-tunnel <br />outlets. When this photo was taken on July 28, <br />1983, Lake Mead was at elevation 1,225.45 feet, <br />and 12,912 cubic feet per second of water was <br />flowing over each spillway gate. <br /> <br />, <br />