News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced yesterday the nomination of Ryan Nelson of Idaho to serve as the Solicitor for the Department of the Interior.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced today the completion of a historic interagency memorandum of agreement (MOA) between 12 federal agencies for expanded participation by federal agencies in the 477-Demonstration Project (“477-initiative”). The MOA is a key requirement identified ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today issued a Secretarial Order establishing a policy to ensure the integrity of the science and scientific products used in the Department's decision-making and policy development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Nov. 10, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to establish the Manhattan Project National Historic Park. The park will have three locations: Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Los Alamos, New Mexico; ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, March 24, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor, Under Secretary for Science and Energy Franklin M. Orr, and Assistant Secretary of the Army Jo-Ellen Darcy will gather at the U.S. Department of the Interior to renew a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and new 5-Year Action Plan to advance hydropower across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced more than $4.2 million in Tribal Wildlife Grants to 23 Native American Tribes in 17 states to fund a wide range of conservation projects ranging from salmon restoration to invasive species control.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that agreement has been reached among all parties involved on an order to be in effect for the remainder of the month in a pending court challenge to the Fish and Wildlife Service biological opinion on the delta smelt. The U.S. Department ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PRETORIA, South Africa – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, co-chair of President Obama’s Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, concluded an official visit to Africa this week with a final stop in South Africa where she met with senior government officials to discuss ways the United States and the African country can work together to combat the world’s growing illegal trade in wildlife that is driving several species toward extinction.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, Texas – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Michael Bean today joined the San Antonio ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Department of the Interior (DOI) today announced the winners of the Department's 2011 Environmental Achievement Awards. Winners included three individuals and ten teams of DOI employees who demonstrated extraordinary commitment to sustainable practices and environmental remediation at DOI sites.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 9, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver opening remarks at the first-ever White House Tribal Youth Gathering, part of the Obama Administration's Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) initiative to remove barriers standing between Native youth and opportunities ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that he is recommending to Congress the establishment of a national historical park to commemorate the Manhattan Project, the top-secret effort to create an atomic bomb during World War II.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the National Wildlife Refuge System celebrates its 114th anniversary. Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), national wildlife refuges are a national network of public conservation lands which provide access for hunting, fishing, education, and recreation opportunities as well as vital habitat for thousands of species. The refuges are also an economic boon to local communities.
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 Montana. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest more than $121 million in Montana as part of the recovery plan signed ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: $500 million of that revenue has gone back to states, providing support to key institutions like hospitals and public schools
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that a team led by senior officials in the Department of the Interior, including Interior's Inspector General, have completed a review of offshore oil and gas oversight and regulation and have delivered a set of recommendations that reinforce and expand on ongoing reforms being carried out by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule that sets reasonable limits on the amount of time tipped employees can spend in non-tipped activities when the employer receives a tip credit. The rule clarifies that an employer may only take a tip credit for the hours when an employee is doing work that is tip-producing or engaged in tasks that directly support tip producing work.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded President Obama’s announcement that he is withdrawing offshore areas in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans from future mineral extraction to protect these ecologically sensitive marine environments from the impacts of any future oil and gas exploration and development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska – On Friday, Oct. 21, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will address the 50th Annual Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Fairbanks. As part of President Obama's commitment to support Native Americans and Alaska Natives to build strong, prosperous and resilient communities, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released the Department's Strategic Plan for 2011-2016, outlining the Department's goals for America's Great Outdoors, commitments to American Indian communities and responsible natural resource development. The five-year plan also emphasizes the ...