News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today visited Colorado Springs where he saw first-hand the wildfire response efforts, and thanked firefighters, first responders and volunteers for their efforts to battle the fires and support the communities that have been impacted.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the Department has made its final transfer to the Cobell Education Scholarship Fund, bringing the total amount to $60 million to be made available to help unlock the doors to advanced technical training and higher education for Native youth.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The following statement is from Acting U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt in response to President Trump's State of the Union.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: On Monday, February 8, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will announce a partnership with the Corps Network during his keynote address to members and staff of 144 service and conservation corps from across the country. Secretary Salazar will highlight Interior's role in revitalizing our nation's economy by putting young people to work on our public lands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy today announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will strengthen the working relationship between the two agencies on the future development of commercial renewable offshore energy projects on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior's WaterSMART program is saving water, finding better ways to stretch existing supplies and helping partners plan to meet future water demands, according to a three-year progress report on the program released today. The program was launched by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar in 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: EHRENFELD, PA – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Director ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released the first ever comprehensive report on bird populations in the United States, showing that nearly a third of the nation's 800 bird species are endangered, threatened or in significant decline due to habitat loss, invasive species, and other threats.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced Arizona’s Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is no longer under review and that he will recommend that no changes be made to the monument. The monument was under review in accordance with President Donald J. Trump’s April 26, 2017, executive order.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today informed President Obama and the Cabinet that the National Park Service will begin economic recovery projects at 107 national parks in next 100 days, creating new jobs and stimulating local economies while making parks better places for Americans to visit.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – To address the growing problem of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) impeding wildland firefighting efforts, the U.S. Department of the Interior and industry partners activated a prototype warning system that provides real-time alerts and geofencing alarms to prevent drone pilots from interfering with firefighting operations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: HIGHMORE, S.D. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today visited South Dakota to highlight the proposed Dakota Grassland Conservation Area as a model for conserving working agricultural landscapes while benefiting wildlife and its habitat under President Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the U.S. Geological Survey will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the U.S. portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource located in North Dakota and Montana.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MARRERO, LA – In a visit to the Gulf region today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell helped announce the third and largest phase of early restoration projects proposed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Trustees. The Trustees today released a draft plan for public review that dedicates ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – The Department of the Interior today launched a new effort to develop a Department-wide policy on tribal consultation, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk announced today. The new consultation policy will be developed with input from the nation's 564 federally recognized tribes.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor today forecasted likely increases in water supplies in 2011 for the Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project (CVP) based on measurements of the early snowpack, runoff, reservoir storage information and actions by CVP partners.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today approved the Genesis Solar Project, a 250 megawatt facility that will use parabolic trough solar thermal technology to produce enough clean energy to power 75,000 – 187,500 homes and generate 1,085 jobs at peak construction and 50 permanent positions.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named John Tubbs, a veteran water resources administrator and policy leader, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science. The appointment does not require Senate confirmation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will hold a national teleconference to announce 18 members of the new Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council on Friday.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Interior's National Park Service today released a draft Environmental Impact Statement that identifies alternatives to restore natural water flows to the Everglades. The National Park Service is seeking public comment on the feasibility of constructing additional bridging on Tamiami Trail in addition to the 1 mile of bridging currently under construction.
