Part 2

As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has basic responsibilities for water, fish, wildlife, mineral, land, park, and recreational resources. Indian and Territorial affairs are other major concerns of America’s “Department of Natural Resources.”

The Department works to assure the wisest choice in managing all our resources so each will make its full contribution to a better United States—now and in the future.

Transcriber’s Notes

--Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.

--Silently corrected a few palpable typographical errors.

--In the text versions only, added descriptive captions to all unlabelled illustrations and graphics; the HTML edition contains only the original captions.