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Rachael S. Taylor will become Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), according to Secretary Deb Haaland.
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This month, the Interior Department is taking swift action to advance offshore wind initiatives in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Department of the Interior today released draft guidelines to implement the Indian Youth Service Corps (IYSC) Program and announced that it would hold Nation-to-Nation consultations with Tribes, Alaska Native corporations, and the Native Hawaiian community on implementation of the Program.
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The Department of the Interior today announced key members of agency leadership who will work to advance President Biden’s agenda to tackle climate change, protect endangered wildlife, and honor relationships and trust responsibilities with Indigenous communities.
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The oldest known human footprints in North America have recently been discovered at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, according to a press release from the U.S Geological Survey
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) announced Sept. 23 its financial awards for the fiscal year 2021 Tribal Climate Resilience Program (TCRP), totaling $13.84 million for several American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Tribal nations and organizations.
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The Department of the Interior today announced it would begin Tribal consultations as the next step of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive review of the troubled legacy of federal boarding school policies.
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The settlement brought about the conclusion to nearly 40 years of negotiations between the tribe and the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission.
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A court briefing filed by the U.S. Department of the Interior outlines the next steps in the gas and oil leasing program.
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Millions of people could soon have a solution to their lack of internet access.
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Paying almost 15,000 federal firefighters at least $15 an hour, following President Joe Biden's recently implemented pay initiatives, will help hire and maintain the nation's wildfire fighting force, Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in an Aug. 17 news release.
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Deb Haaland, America’s first Native American U.S. Secretary of the Interior, journeyed to Taholah, a coastal Quinault Indian reservation community in Grays Harbor County, Washington, to discuss the impacts of climate change including rising oceans and erosion.
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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) revised its regulations for maximum daily civil penalties (MDCP) for violations committed under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (FOGRMA) in June.
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Federal watchdog group Protect the Public Trust is questioning the recent appointment of the Department of the Interior's new deputy secretary.
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Tommy Beaudreau was sworn in as deputy secretary for the Department of the Interior by Secretary Deb Haaland.
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has announced that more than 1,900 local governments across the country will receive $529.3 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2021, as detailed in a Department of the Interior press release.
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It isn't clear how much time elected officials spent discussing offshore wind energy development, a proposed industrial salmon farm, backlogged national park maintenance and other controversial issues during Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland's Maine visit last week.
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The approximately $4.2 billion included in President Joe Biden's fiscal 2022 budget for Indian Affairs programs in the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is one of the best ways to invest in those communities, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in an announcement earlier this month.
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The Department of Interior is researching wind in the Gulf of Mexico and the impact wind turbines could have on oil rigs used by the oil and gas industry in the region as it is developing plans for offshore wind off the coasts of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.