On March 22 and 23, 2018, Secretary Zinke was in Washington State to hold meetings with 3 tribes on a wide range of issues.
Following a quick stop at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary headed north to the Green Bay area where he met with the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to discuss the opioid crisis.
On March 17, 2018, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke traveled to Tucson, Arizona, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to survey the United States-Mexico borderlands and to discuss how Interior can help in securing our borders to protect American lives.
On March 9, 2018, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke traveled to Browning, Montana, where he visited the Blackfeet Nation and signed the first authorization of funds, transferring $800,000 to the Blackfeet Settlement Trust Fund.
On February 9, 2018, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke was in Salt Lake City, Utah, to attend the Western Conservation and Hunting Expo and to make a major conservation announcement.
Celebrating the Second Amendment and the contribution of sportsmen and women across the country, Secretary Zinke traveled to Las Vegas to attend the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show.
On December 1 and 2, 2017, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke traveled to Southeastern Louisiana with members of Louisiana's Congressional Delegation to fulfill his promise of observing coastal restoration efforts firsthand. While on the trip, Secretary Zinke also took time to meet with various Department of the Interior employees from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the National Park Service.
On October 13, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke traveled to Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. While at the park, Secretary Zinke met with the Superintendent, held a livestreamed town hall meeting with National Park Service employees across the department, and met with other front-line staff to learn more about the Park and its unique challenges.
In early October, just weeks after Hurricane Irma slammed into the coast of Florida, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke traveled south to survey and assess the damage at Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, and Big Cypress National Preserve.
In late September, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke traveled to New Jersey and Pennsylvania to meet with the teams at Gateway National Recreation Area (NY/NJ), Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia), and Valley Forge National Historic Park (PA). The two-state trip demonstrated a continuation of Secretary Zinke's commitment to the front lines and allowed him to receive on-the-ground briefings of the issues facing each Interior Department site.
On September 21, Secretary Zinke traveled to Springfield, Missouri, to sign a Secretarial Order proclaiming October as National Hunting and Fishing Month and went scuba diving in one of the large aquarium tanks.
On August 25, Secretary Zinke and Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Todd Willens celebrated the National Park Service's 101st birthday (Founders Day) in Tennessee and North Carolina, at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway.
On Thursday, August 24, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and other top wildfire officials traveled to Montana to meet with the incident command team tasked with overseeing the Lolo Peaks wildfire.
Secretary Zinke traveled to New Mexico and Nevada to tour national monuments under review as part of the April 26 executive order. The Secretary met with local stakeholders who represent all sides of the issue.
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke visited the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and met with local stakeholders.