By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Bryan Newland spent several days in New Mexico this week to discuss issues of land conservation and energy development with Tribal leaders and other stakeholders in the Chaco Canyon region. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Newland ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt addressed the Colorado River Water Users Association’s annual conference today in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he praised basin leaders for reaching historic agreements this year to protect dependable water for the 40 million people who rely on ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the establishment of a national committee to guide and oversee U.S. implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (USEITI), a voluntary, global initiative designed to increase transparency, strengthen the accountability ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney and Gila River Indian Community (Community) Governor Stephen Lewis signed a lease for the Gila Crossing Community School, the Community’s Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) K-8 school located ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to create jobs, cut carbon pollution and develop clean domestic energy, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on Wednesday will make a major announcement surrounding Phase I of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, an innovative, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: On December 8, 2009 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued the Open Government Directive , instructing federal agencies to take specific steps to increase transparency, participation and collaboration in government.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Wilma Lewis, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, and Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey in launching a national year-long celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) inspectors have reported no sign of pollution coming from Mariner Energy Resources's Vermilion 380 platform during an initial inspection of the facility today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: PORTLAND, ORE. – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell next week will travel to Oregon to promote the outdoor recreation economy and give the keynote address at the Oregon Business Association’s (OBA) Annual Statesman Dinner, where U.S. Senator Ron Wyden will be honored as the 2015 Statesman of the Year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, June 3, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will hold a news media teleconference to make an announcement regarding renewable energy projects on public lands. Secretary Jewell will be joined by Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes and Bureau of Land Management Principal Deputy Director Neil Kornze. Credentialed members of the media can participate in the teleconference by calling 1-800-857-9682 and entering the passcode INTERIOR.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fl. - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Rowan Gould today joined senior administration officials at a public listening session today as part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative to develop a conservation agenda for the 21st century.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: COLORADO - Secretary Salazar, BLM Director Bob Abbey and other senior administration officials will participate in listening sessions on President Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative to hear from people in the region about solutions for building at 21st century conservation and recreation agenda and reconnecting Americans with the outdoors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – A new Interior Department website offers the public as well as federal, state and local emergency management communities online maps containing the latest available information on earthquakes, earthquake shakemaps, streamflow data and floods, volcanoes and wildfires, as well as information on severe weather hazards.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: AUSTIN, TX – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join representatives of scientific and conservation organizations at the Zilker Nature Preserve/Botanical Gardens on March 11 to release the 2010 “State of the Birds Report,” which this year focuses on the effects of climate change on migratory bird populations in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the appointment of two Deputy Assistant Secretaries to serve as leaders at the Department and help carry out the President's priorities to put America first. Aurelia Skipwith will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks and former House Natural Resources senior staffer Katharine MacGregor will serve as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to rural communities , Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that more than 1,850 local governments around the Nation are receiving a record total of $393 million under the 2012 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just days before the release of a 50-state report outlining the country's most promising ways to reconnect Americans to the natural world, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today highlighted two projects in the state of Florida that will be included in the final report - representing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has officially joined a global effort to increase transparency and strengthen public trust in the governance of natural resource revenues, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today. The U.S. application for candidacy in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was approved by the EITI Board at its March 18-19 meeting in Oslo, Norway.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – To create more workable oil, gas and mineral valuation regulations and avoid costly litigation, the Department of the Interior today announced the repeal of the Consolidated Federal Oil and Gas and Federal and Indian Coal Valuation Reform Rule (Valuation Rule) which had created ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SHAWNEE, Okla. – On Monday, Nov. 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn will visit Oklahoma to participate in a signing ceremony with Chairman John Barrett of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation , approving the tribe's leasing regulations in ...
