News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

News Release: KODAK, Tenn. -Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and dozens of conservation partners celebrated the snail darter’s recovery and removal from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife at Seven Islands Birding State Park. The snail darter is the fifth fish species delisted due to recovery in the country and the first in the eastern United States, marking an important milestone in ESA's success in supporting biodiversity.

News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will conduct a prescribed fire project this fall 17 miles east of Lovell in the Mexican Hills and Cow Creek areas. Approximately 400 acres are targeted within the mountain shrub community and its adjacent forested drainages.

FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund - Historically Black Colleges and Universities Grants grant opened on Oct. 5.

News Release: Depending on fuel moisture and burn conditions, the Bureau of Land Management High Desert District may conduct prescribed burns on multiple lands managed by the Rawlins Field Office and associated partners this fall and winter. The treatments will only be implemented if specified prescription parameters are obtained.

WCA Construction LLC has been awarded an inaugural contract by the Bureau of Reclamation for construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit Project at Pueblo Dam that will deliver clean water from Pueblo Reservoir to people in southeastern Colorado.

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- The Bureau of Land Management will hold a public meeting of the Utah Resource Advisory Council on Oct. 19, 2022, at the BLM Utah West Desert District Office located at 491 North John Glenn Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116. The meeting will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the public is welcome to attend. A virtual participation option is also available.

There is one release scheduled to be published on Oct. 6.

Chair Grijalva Praises President Biden’s Announcement of Additional Funding and Resources for Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane Fiona

Chair Grijalva Cheers Rejection of Dirty Permitting Rider, Awaits Vote on Clean Continuing Resolution

Chair Grijalva Statement on Release of Bill Text for Dirty Permitting Rider

What They Are Saying: The Securing America's Mineral Supply Chains Act

Westerman, Wittman Introduce Legislation Protecting Hunting, Fishing Access for Sportsmen

News Release: Dolores, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office is planning to conduct a prescribed fire treatment on Animas City Mountain located within the Durango area this fall. The area has received moisture throughout late summer which will assist in providing the desirable conditions. Firefighters...

Westerman Inquires Into Postponed Haaland Hearing