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Christine Dziedzina and Cathryn Todd have been named the newest human resource policy office managers at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
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Klein: Organziations 'protect bats against the devastating impact of white-nose syndrome'

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have teamed up in an effort to treat and prevent a fungal disease destroying bats in North America.
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Xiomaro: 'Connecticut’s 110-mile portion of the trail is still being discovered'

Photos of the Connecticut portion of the historic New England National Scenic Trail taken by artist Xiomaro will be on display in the Connecticut General Assembly’s Legislative Office Building in Hartford from April 3 to 14.
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Graham: 'We prepare to mark the 60th anniversary of Medgar Evers' assassination'

Public comment is now underway over a draft operations plan for Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Miss.
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Newland: 'Revitalizing Tribal economies is key to our goal of making lives better for people'

Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development recently announced more than $3 million in Tribal Tourism Grant Program funding.
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Ryan: 'We need to close the facility' to protect wild horses from strangles

The Bureau of Land Management is suspending visits and adoptions at the wild horse and burro corrals in Litchfield, Calif., due to a bacterial infection.
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Haaland: Public land sales fund projects that 'benefit communities and improve the overall quality of life'

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced it will spend $417 million from the sale public lands in Nevada on projects to improve recreation and conservation efforts across the state and on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
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Taylor: 'We are thrilled to welcome a new group of accomplished professionals'

The U.S. Department of the Interior recently welcomed several Biden administration appointees.
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Pindel: San Juan Islands event a chance 'to show appreciation for the community's efforts and engagement'

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the San Juan Islands National Monument with a public event March 25.
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Newland: Indian Affairs budget 'makes significant investments in Tribal sovereignty and revitalization'

The 2024 budget for the Bureau of Indian Affairs invests in Tribal revitalization and provides funding resources for Tribes to manage their lands and waters.
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Haaland: Debate about King Cove road 'created a false choice, seeded over many years'

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland withdrew the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge land exchange between King Cove Corporation and the Interior Department after the department determined the 2019 land exchange contained procedural flaws and was inconsistent with its policy.
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Stone-Manning: Proposed $1.7 billion budget ‘will put people to work restoring our public lands’

President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposes $1.7 billion for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management that includes investments to accelerate clean energy development.
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Haaland: Biden’s 2024 budget supports the effort to ‘reduce wildfire risk throughout the country’

More than $4.2 billion of President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget has been proposed for the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture wildland fire and hazardous fuels management.
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'America the Beautiful Challenge' to award millions for conservation and restoration projects

Requests for Proposals (RFP) are now being accepted for the America the Beautiful Challenge, which is expected to award up to $116 million in grants this year for landscape-scale conservation and restoration projects.
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Strickler: Nations at CoP19 took ‘a collaborative, strong stance for wildlife’

Endangered species receiving international support in November 2022, ahead of the 50th anniversary in March of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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Barnes: BLM New Mexico 'thrilled to play a role' in supporting country's clean-energy efforts

A New Mexico electric company has federal permission to proceed with a construction project to install power lines across public lands to connect a solar facility and a substation.
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Beeksma: ‘Name change reflects the sovereignty of the Tohono O’odham people’

The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ administrative agency office in Sells, Ariz., has a new name that replaces one that was a derogatory term Spanish conquistadors gave to O’odham people.
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DOI's Trujillo celebrates 'major milestone for the Central Utah Project Completion Act,' June sucker comeback

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced a milestone in the Provo River Delta Restoration project.
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What Was the Journey Like for Sacagawea?

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: The picnic tables at Point Reyes National Seashore's Historic Lifeboat Station are located 0.4 miles (0.6 km) east of the Chimney Rock Parking Lot, Inverness, California. Geographic Coordinates: 37.99406, -122.97356. Amenities. 5 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits...
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Birth of Pomp

News Release: BILL NISHIMURA. Family # 41665. Camps: Poston III, AZ (Address: 25-14-C) and Tule Lake, CA. Written using Bill Nishimura’s oral history interview. Tomio, my dad, was born about 1884, and my mother Sada about 1896, both in the city of Iwakune, Japan. My dad was in Tokyo studying electricity, but came to...
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