News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: LAS CRUCES, NM - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today wrapped up a two-day visit to south central New Mexico where she joined Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich for a public meeting to hear from the community about its vision for the management of public lands in Doña Ana County. The visit builds on the Secretary's work to support locally driven efforts to preserve and protect places that hold special meaning to communities across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today told U.S. island leaders that he will promote a more active and effective working relationship with them through the White House Interagency Group on Insular Affairs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) in partnership with a diverse group of organizations brought together 20 students from the Cesar Chavez Middle School in Washington, DC for an overnight camping excursion on the Appalachian Trail this weekend. A component of BLM's ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MATHER POINT, GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK – In remarks regarding the potential withdrawal of certain federal lands near the Grand Canyon from new mining claims, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today said that management of the Grand Canyon area must be guided by "caution, wisdom, and science," so as to protect the World Heritage Site, tribal interests, drinking water supplies, and the tourism economy that the area's natural resources support.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC – In a memo to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today confirmed that, pursuant to the 2011 Continuing Resolution, the BLM will not designate any lands as “Wild Lands,” and outlined how the Department will work in collaboration ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - Leaders from the U.S. Departments of Labor, Interior and Agriculture joined in New York City at the Outdoor Nation Youth Summit on June 20 to announce the launch of a $20 million federal grant opportunity and implementation of an initiative designed to help disadvantaged youth prepare for ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced today the Department's accomplishments in meeting the Trump Administration’s goals for reducing vegetation to lower wildfire risk and restore federal lands damaged by wildfires. 2018 marks the third consecutive year of increasing vegetation ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. Department of the Interior, in partnership with Barrick Gold of North America and The Nature Conservancy, announced an agreement to provide credit for greater sage-grouse habitat improvements in Nevada while continuing to support gold mining in the state.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As part of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's efforts to ensure that American taxpayers receive a fair return from energy resources developed on public lands and on the Outer Continental Shelf, the Interior Department's energy agencies will review oil and natural gas fiscal systems in other countries and compare them with those used by the U.S. Government for federally-owned offshore and onshore lands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and the United States Marine Corps today dedicated new engravings on the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial to include the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced today that the Department of the Interior reduced wildfire risk across 1.5 million acres of Interior-managed lands in FY 2020, bringing its total to 5.4 million acres since 2017. This is the most acreage treated during a Presidential term since Interior started tracking the data in 2003 and an increase of 49% compared to the last four years of the previous administration.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation's 2010 Central Valley Project Water Supply allocations have increased throughout the valley as a result of additional precipitation, improved snowpack, and improved storage at Shasta Reservoir. As forecast by Reclamation on Feb. 26, California is having a near-average water year following three years of drought.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WI -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced a new initiative that will spur collaborative efforts to protect vital wildlife habitat through community-based coalitions of private landowners, conservation groups, and state and federal agencies.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SANTA FE, NM – As part of President Obama's commitment to empowering American Indian tribal nations and strengthening their economies, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn today joined New Mexico Governor Susanna Martinez and leaders from ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Feb. 27, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will sign an historic agreement at the Department of the Interior that will guarantee water rights for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation on the Nevada-Idaho border while providing certainty for upstream water users.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell applauded President Obama's announcement today that he is designating the Honouliuli Internment Camp on the island of Oahu in Hawaii as a national monument, permanently protecting a site where Japanese American citizens, resident immigrants, and prisoners of war were held captive during World War II.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The Department of the Interior has unveiled its new Web site design at www.doi.gov with an emphasis on increased openness and accessibility as well as new visual and interactive dynamics.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A federal criminal complaint has been filed against a Chinese national living in Los Angeles for harassing and cyberstalking a Minnesota college student, announced Acting United States Attorney Charles J. Kovats.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – As part of the Department of the Interior's ambitious youth initiative to inspire millions of young adults and veterans to play, learn, serve and work in the great outdoors and the President's 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Initiative, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
