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Government,
Environmental & Energy

Mar. 9, 2021

Key priorities for Biden’s Department of the Interior

The U.S. Department of the Interior plays an outsized role in California natural resources law and policy. Two examples: The federal government owns fully half the surface area of California; and California is home to more Native American tribes and the second-largest Native American population of any state.

Richard M. Frank

Professor of Environmental Practice
UC Davis School of Law

Richard is director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the UC Davis School of Law.

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Key priorities for Biden’s Department of the Interior
Debra Haaland in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 19, 2020. Haaland is President Biden's pick for Department of the Interior. (New York Times News Service)

The U.S. Department of the Interior plays an outsized role in California natural resources law and policy. Two examples: The federal government owns fully half the surface area of California; and California is home to more Native American tribes and the second-largest Native American population of any state.

Accordingly, the role DOI plays in President Joe Biden's administration, and how effectively it can reverse the past, misguided...

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