Interior Terminates 43 Partnerships, Cutting More Than $4 Million in DEI-Linked Funding
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Interior Terminates 43 Partnerships, Cutting More Than $4 Million in DEI-Linked Funding
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 11
Summary
$4 million-plus in planned funding will be eliminated after the Interior Department ended 43 agreements it said conflicted with Trump administration priorities on DEI, environmental justice, immigration and energy.
A March review of nearly 3,000 active agreements with about 2,000 outside groups found some partnerships lacked a clear benefit or no longer aligned with the department’s mission, prompting the cancellations.
Interior singled out groups including Hispanic Access Foundation, Latino Outdoors, the American Alliance of Museums, Conservation International and the Cultural Landscape Foundation, citing scholarships for illegal immigrants, anti-ICE guidance, DEI programming and anti-fossil-fuel advocacy.
The department said it will remove references to the groups from its websites and steer future partnerships toward public-land access, stewardship and other goals aligned with Secretary Doug Burgum and President Trump.