News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, February 9, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will provide an overview of President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2017 budget for the Department of the Interior during a press conference call. Deputy Secretary Mike Connor, U.S. Geological Survey Director Dr. Suzette Kimball, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget Kristen Sarri will join the Secretary.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Department of the Interior, Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency released a joint statement that lays out the agencies' shared goals for Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and energy production in the region served by NGS.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join kids and conservation leaders and organizations this week to celebrate Great Outdoors America Week (GO Week).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today lauded the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Michael L. Connor as Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke affirmed the Trump administration's commitment to the U.S. territories affected by Hurricane Irma, as he discussed the ongoing Hurricane Irma relief efforts. Secretary Zinke appeared on Fox News multiple times yesterday, speaking about how the Department of the Interior is actively moving to address the situation in the territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Thomas Strickland for Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. President Obama nominated Strickland for the position on Feb. 20, 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WICHITA, KS - Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined conservation leadership, elected officials and other partners to announce the creation of the more than 1 million-acre Flint Hills Legacy Conservation Area (FHLCA), a new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following statement regarding the ongoing consultations between the United States and Japan on issues related to steel and aluminum: "The United States is consulting closely with Japan on bilateral and multilateral issues related to steel and aluminum, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Update: Further information on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill resource page.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: COMMERCE CITY, CO – 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 ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and other dignitaries to dedicate a high-tech visitor center at the newly-renovated Faneuil Hall, the site of important events in our nation's history ranging from the American Revolution to the movement to abolish slavery.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed a final decision to construct and maintain a system of up to 11,000 miles of strategically placed fuel breaks to control wildfires within a 223 million- acre area in portions of California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and move our economy toward clean energy sources, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the approval of two solar energy projects located near the Nevada-California border that are expected to supply 550 megawatts of renewable energy, enough to power about 170,000 homes, and support more than 700 jobs through construction and operations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: AUSTIN, TX – Climate change threatens to further imperil hundreds of species of migratory birds, already under stress from habitat loss, invasive species and other environmental threats, a new report released today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar concludes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man today admitted to conspiring to commit wire and money laundering, and tax evasion, in connection with a romance fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced it would hold five listening sessions and invite public comment on barriers that underserved communities and individuals may face in participating in recreation opportunities on Interior-managed public lands and waters. Feedback ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the National Park Service expects more than 1 million visitors for the 97th National Cherry Blossom Festival, March 26-April 12, the most people for any event in the National Park System this year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SEATTLE – The U.S. Department of the Interior is leading First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Outside initiative ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department of the Interior's projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Arkansas. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $10.7 million in Arkansas as part of the recovery plan ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of the Interior today approved the largest solar energy project ever to be built on U.S. public lands. When constructed, the Blythe Solar Power Project will produce up to 1,000 megawatts of solar power, or enough to power 300,000 – 750,000 homes. The project, proposed ...
