News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $5.8 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Missouri.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $3.1 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in North Dakota.

DEMD and Tribes at NAPE, Feb 1-3

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs today announced proposed revisions to the federal regulations at 25 C.F.R. Part 226 regarding leasing of the Osage Mineral Estate for oil and gas mining.

Decades of collaborative conservation efforts on U.S. Navy-owned San Clemente Island resulted in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s announcement today that five species – San Clemente Island paintbrush, lotus, larkspur and bush-mallow plants and San Clemente Bell’s sparrow have fully recovered and no longer require Endangered Species Act protection.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to designate critical habitat in parts of Tennessee and Virginia for the sickle darter, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2022.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is delaying the effective date of the final rule to list two Distinct Population Segments (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

In accordance with current policy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) authorized the capture and transfer of f2754, a Mexican wolf who had left the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Recovery Area (MWEPA) earlier this month.

We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service know that America’s native bees and other pollinators continue to need everyone’s help.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing the completion and publication of the final recovery plan for the Meltwater Lednian stonefly (Lednia tumana) and Western Glacier stonefly (Zapada glacier)

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 grant opened on Jan. 24.

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center is hosting two training opportunities in February for individuals interested in becoming educational tour guides. Trainings will be held at 10 a.m. on February 4 and 11, with each session lasting approximately two hours.

News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office in partnership with Western Rivers Conservancy has acquired a 26.32-acre parcel of land in Mesa County, Colorado. Located on the Gunnison River within Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, the Meridian Junction acquisition furthers partnership efforts to conserve and protect resources for future generations.