News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced that this quarter’s transfer of nearly $500,000 to the Cobell Education Scholarship Fund (Scholarship Fund) brings the total amount contributed so far close to $40 million. The Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance through scholarships to American Indian and Alaska Native students wishing to pursue post-secondary and graduate education and training.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke applauded President Trump for welcoming the “Prescribed to Death ” exhibit to the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., where it will be hosted by the National Park Service and will be open to the public from April 12 until April 18, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced that BOEM has launched a full investigation into the Sept. 2, 2010, incident on Mariner Energy Resource's Vermilion 380 platform. Per a Memorandum of Agreement from March 27, 2009, on BOEM-U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) cooperation, USCG will support BOEM's investigation of this incident.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that Interior will commit more than $43.1 million for a variety of conservation and recreation improvement projects throughout Nevada and Lake Tahoe.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just days before the release of a 50-state report outlining some of the country's most promising ways to reconnect Americans to the natural world, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today highlighted two projects in the state of Mississippi that will be included in the final report - ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today presented a Partners in Conservation Award to the Milford Flat Fire Restoration Project for their work to improve watersheds following the largest fire in Utah history two years ago.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: In a letter to Council members this week, United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced her new role as Chair of the re-branded Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2). With representatives from industry, academia, non-profit, and government, CI2 will assist the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in developing a comprehensive national strategy to build a more diverse and inclusive innovation ecosystem.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today issued a Secretarial Order to help ensure that the National Mall remains healthy in years to come and can accommodate millions of visitors and numerous special events, such as President Obama's inauguration earlier this week that attracted hundreds of thousands of people.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As part of an ongoing agenda to change the way the Department of the Interior does business, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced a set of reforms that will provide federal inspectors more tools, more resources, more independence, and greater authority to enforce laws and regulations that apply to oil and gas companies operating on the Outer Continental Shelf.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and other senior Interior Department officials met with representatives of the Colorado River Basin states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. As a record drought goes into its eleventh year, Secretary Salazar ...
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Welcome to the public meeting for revision of the Global Water Strategy for 2022-2027. We are grateful for your time and feedback. .
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY – Acting upon the recommendation of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, and with the support of Utah's governor, Congressional delegation, local officials, and residents, President Donald J. Trump today signed proclamations to adjust the boundaries and management of Utah's Bears ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: LAGUNA, NM – On Wednesday, Dec. 11, as part of the Obama Administration's commitment to strengthen education for Native youth, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn will visit New Mexico to tour a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) tribally controlled grant school located on the Pueblo of Laguna reservation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Department of the Interior's North Central Climate Science Center will be operated by a consortium of universities headed by Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. The center is expected to be up and running in early 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Today, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will hold a news media teleconference to discuss the Bureau of Reclamation's Initial 2010 Central Valley Project (CVP) Water Supply Forecast.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States will continue its support for a proposal to ban all international commercial trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna at this month's meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Thursday and Friday, August 13-14, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will visit Rivergate Park in Cleveland, Ohio and the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge in Wisconsin to announce new funding and celebrate the success of the Land and Water Conservation ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today commended the leaders and people of the U.S. Virgin Islands for a century of progress and commitment to the American family during events on St. Croix and St. Thomas that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the day the islands were formally transferred from Denmark to the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ANTIOCH, CA – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today hosted a discussion with East Contra Costa County community leaders and other experts from around the state to discuss the importance of partnerships between the federal government, states, private landowners and other stakeholders when it comes to conserving threatened and endangered species and supporting smart economic development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack were joined by Governor Brian Schweitzer today to announce the creation of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (WHHCC), an official advisory group under the Federal Advisory Committee Act ...
