News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
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By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today provided an update on the path forward regarding the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, following discussions with all parties to make alterations to the “Drum Major” quote.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – A final agreement on water management and dam removal in the Klamath River Basin in Oregon and California is “within reach” and should be completed by the end of summer, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: TODAY, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will meet with BP Officials tomorrow at their Command Center in Houston, Texas to get an update on BP's efforts to close down their leaks.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SEVILLE, Spain – The 21-nation World Heritage Committee has taken an important step to protect Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park in Montana and Alberta, Canada, calling for a full report from a joint mission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the World Heritage Centre ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Continuing President Obama’s commitment to strengthen tribal sovereignty, Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor announced today that the Department has signed agreements with the Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation in California and the Turtle Mountain Band of ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – This morning U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke swore in David Bernhardt as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior. It was witnessed by members of his family and DOI staff.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today that more than 1,900 local governments around the country will receive $514.7 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Anthony (Morgan) Rodman has been named Executive Director of the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA). He previously served as WHCNAA Executive Director during the Obama-Biden administration.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama's Administration moved to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, widely considered one of the most spectacular and remote areas in the world. The Department of the Interior is releasing a conservation plan for the Refuge that for the first time recommends ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DENVER, Colo. -- Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar today announced the formal establishment of the Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area as the nation's 558th unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, thanks to the donation of a nearly 77,000-acre conservation easement in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains bordering the San Luis Valley by noted conservationist Louis Bacon.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: First Lady Michelle Obama thanks Interior Department employees for their outstanding public service.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Earlier this week, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, providing $1.4 trillion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2021. In addition to funding the Federal government, this Act delivers coronavirus emergency response and relief.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of yesterday's major speech outlining her conservation vision for the country and unveiling a major youth initiative, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will travel to Minnesota and California next week to talk about the value of conservation, highlight the economic importance of public lands and the need to connect the next generation to America's great outdoors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: NEW YORK, NY – On Thursday, April 2, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel will join National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, National Park Foundation Interim President Dan Wenk and actress Bella Thorne to kick off a nationwide campaign to encourage people to learn more about and connect with our nation's 407 national parks in advance of next year's centennial anniversary of the National Park Service.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's commitment to empower tribal nations, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, on behalf of the United States, signed an historic agreement today at the Department of the Interior guaranteeing the water rights of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes in Nevada and ensuring water supplies and facilities for their Duck Valley Reservation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – In remarks at the National Geographic Society and released early on Medium , U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today laid out a vision for actions the nation can take to build upon America’s rich conservation legacy and pass on healthy public lands and waters to the next generation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Esther Puakela Kia'aina to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump's State of the Union Address. "The state of our Union is exceptional. Three years ago, President Trump promised to tackle the real issues facing Americans, and he has delivered on those promises across ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Oct. 11, Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director of the National Park Service and Tim Gill, philanthropist and founder of the Gill Foundation will hold a press conference call to discuss efforts by the National Park Service to tell a more inclusive story about our country’s history and heritage and preview a recently completed study related to LGBTQ history.
