As the Nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior 

 has basic resp)onsibilities for water, fish, wildlife, mineral, land, park, and recre- 

 ational resources, Indian and Territorial affairs are other major concerns of this 

 department of natural resources. 



The Department works to assure the wisest choice in managing all our re- 

 sources so that each shall make its full contribution to a better United States 

 now and in the future. 



