By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced that construction of the Crimson Energy Storage Project, a 350-megawatt battery storage system in eastern Riverside County, is now complete, and the system is in operation and expanding grid capacity. The battery storage project will...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - Officials with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are seeking public input on ways to update and revise the Management Plan for the South Fork of the Walla Walla (SFWW) Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a new development in the pursuit of a clean energy future, the Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Dec. 6, 2022, for areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off central and northern California.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ATLANTA - The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with Jefferson National Parks Association (JNPA), announced the award of $335,166 in grants for 23 projects promoting cultural heritage preservation across NPS’s 7-state Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative (LMDI) region.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Biden signed the Blackwell School National Historic Site Act yesterday, designating the Blackwell School site in Marfa, Texas, as part of the National Park System. This designation will permanently protect the site for future generations and help tell the history of Texas school districts that established separate elementary schools for Mexican American children through the practice of de facto segregation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Looking to try a new, exciting career in wildland fire? Whether you want to work outside or in the office, the Bureau of Land Management has various seasonal entry-level fire jobs for you to consider.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District rescinded fire prevention order UTW002-2022-01 today on BLM-managed lands within Box Elder, Cache, Juab, Millard, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah and Wasatch counties. Fire prevention order UTW002-2022-08 went into effect today on BLM-managed lands on West Mountain and Lake Mountains in Utah County. The public is encouraged to continue to use their “fire sense" to help prevent wildfire.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Prineville, Ore. - The Deschutes Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM), Prineville District will implement a temporary closure of public lands near La Pine, Oregon at 8:00 AM, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, to protect public health and safety.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced nearly $10 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 17 project sites to address legacy pollution and conserve ecosystems. These new awards are part of a $68 million investment made earlier this year.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: FARMINGTON, N.M. - Beginning today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office, in partnership with the San Juan Soil and Water Conservation District, will treat approximately 9,350 acres of sagebrush. Treatments will occur on BLM, State of New Mexico, and private lands within San Juan and Rio Arriba Counties in northwestern New Mexico, where sagebrush densities have surpassed historic, naturally occurring levels.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Black Rock Field Office has initiated a 30-day scoping period for a proposed road re-route within the Soldier Meadows Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area). Route 2054 “High Rock Lake Road" currently crosses critical habitat for the desert dace, a federally protected fish species, only found within the Soldier Meadows area.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. - Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management Applegate Field Office will conduct prescribed burns to reduce hazardous fuels near Fall River Mills in Shasta County, starting as early as October 20. Carefully managed broadcast burns will be conducted on no more than 800 acres of BLM-managed...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 20.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Ely District recently finished aerially seeding 3,000-plus acres of the public lands along the west slope of the Egan Range in White River Valley, about 15 miles south of Ely, Nev.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced $210 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will bring clean, reliable drinking water to communities across the West through water storage and conveyance projects.
