News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today signed two secretarial orders continuing his efforts to prioritize the Department of Interior’s recreation mission and increase access to public lands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Next week, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will travel to three Western states to highlight steps the Obama administration is taking to create jobs, decrease our dependence on foreign oil, and grow our economy as part of an all-of-the-above American energy strategy and efforts to make the United States the world's top tourist destination.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that, as part of a comprehensive strategy for strengthening the nation's energy security and reducing America's dependence on foreign oil, the Obama Administration will expand oil and gas development and exploration on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, while protecting fisheries, tourism, and places off U.S. coasts that are not appropriate for development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, March 3, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis will hold a press conference call to release a new report detailing the economic impact of national parks, including the number of jobs supported in nearby local communities. The report will include detailed data on all 401 national parks across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL – On Wednesday, July 9, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Birmingham Mayor William Bell, Sr., a member of the bipartisan coalition Mayors for Parks, to discuss the Land and Water Conservation Fund's impacts on cities like Birmingham in creating parks, playgrounds, trails and opportunities for anglers and sportsmen.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Earlier this month, Tara Mac Lean Sweeney, a prominent Alaskan leader and acclaimed businesswoman with the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, was sworn in as the Department’s Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. Sweeney was nominated by President Donald J. Trump in October ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PAGE, Ariz. – The U.S. Department of the Interior today released a proposed framework ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CHARLES COUNTY, Md. – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Congressman and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer joined together today to call on Congress to reauthorize and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) as they joined state and local conservation leaders at ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Fourth grade students can get a free annual pass to visit more than 2,000 federal recreation areas with their families, classmates, and friends. The Every Kid Outdoors Program is an interagency collaboration between the Department of the Interior, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Oceanic ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Obama's proposed $12.2 billion budget for the Department of the Interior in fiscal year 2011 is a fiscally responsible plan that will enable the nation's largest land manager to carry out its stewardship responsibilities more effectively while making strategic investments in priority initiatives that address major challenges facing the nation, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar stated today.
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 Southwest Alaska Salmon Habitat Partnership for its work in promoting the sustainability of wild salmon populations. It was one of 26 national awards to individuals and organizations presented at a ceremony at Interior headquarters in Washington, D.C. to honor “those who achieve natural resource goals in collaboration and partnership with others.”
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell kicked off the 2013 White House Tribal Nations Conference today, welcoming leaders invited from all 566 federally recognized tribes. The fifth conference hosted during the Obama Administration, today's event at the Department of the Interior will include remarks from President Obama and participation from thirteen Cabinet members and other senior government officials.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: ATLANTA – On Tuesday, Aug. 23, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor will tour the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site. The visit is the first stop of Deputy Secretary Connor’s tour commemorating the 100-year milestone of America’s national parks, focusing on connecting ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: United States and European Union Agree to Address Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity President Biden made clear on day one that rebuilding relationships with our allies and partners, and working with the world’s democracies to address our shared challenges would be a top priority. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced a proposed rule that will reduce the likelihood of accidents, injuries and spills in connection with oil and natural ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – To celebrate the ongoing commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Cape Lookout Lighthouse in North Carolina, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that project funds with be provided for repairs enabling the National Park Service to re-open the lighthouse to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, VA - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced a new study showing that spring is beginning earlier than its historical average in 75 percent of the national parks examined - providing further evidence that climate change is already impacting public lands. The announcement came during a visit to Shenandoah National Park, one of the sites identified in the study as experiencing the impacts of an early onset of spring.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $16.6 million contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for modifying the spillway piers and gates of Folsom Dam to resist seismic loadings. The project is part ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Steve Clutter, sclutter@blm.gov; (775) 861-6629. RENO, Nev. – The Department of the Interior announced today that effective Nov. 18, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) transferred control of human remains and funerary objects found in Spirit Cave, Nevada to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Indian Tribe. ...