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Chances are, you know someone from Interior, right in your neighborhood or town. Maybe they're a ranger with the National Park Service. Maybe a tribal liaison with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Maybe an engineer or an equipment operator for the Bureau of Reclamation (like those in the banner picture for this page). Or an economist with the Bureau of Land Management. Maybe they work in finance or IT or facilities, the type of work that people often overlook but that make it possible for the Department to serve you and the Nation.
You know what they probably don't hear often enough? That we - their neighbors, their colleagues, the Nation - appreciate what they do every day. Like so many other civil servants, they go about their dedicated work for all of us without asking for recognition, and we rarely thank them for their service.
So go say hello and "Thank you!"
Go on a birding walk at a local national wildlife refuge and give appreciation for the biologist who is adding to your love of the world. Stop by an Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement location if you live in mining country and thank them for helping to make damaged lands useful again. Have a Bureau of Indian Education school around? Tell a BIE teacher you appreciate their dedication to providing culturally relevant, high-quality education.
(Photo of young birders by USFWS at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, public domain.)
Maybe you have other talents, like coaching people in their professional lives. With so many Interior employees leaving government - or about to be forced out - here in early 2025, you can imagine that many would love to have a coach to help them think through their options.
Have other ideas? Run with them...feel free to get in touch and share them with us, and we can share them broadly! The opportunities are endless.
(Banner photo of Bureau of Reclamation staff working on the River Bend Restoration Project in California, public domain.)
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