News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- The new federal strategy for the Chesapeake region released today focuses on protecting and restoring the environment in communities throughout the 64,000-square-mile watershed and in its thousands of streams, creeks and rivers. The strategy includes using rigorous regulations to restore ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX – On Friday, April 10, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Mexican Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Juan José Guerra Abud to celebrate the transboundary conservation initiatives underway in the Big Bend/Río Bravo region and to commemorate the second anniversary of the opening of the Boquillas Port of Entry.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Mike Connor and other senior department officials will participate in a three-day conference in Idaho this week, November 5-7, to discuss rangeland wildfire threats to sagebrush habitat throughout the Great Basin. The conference will be livestreamed.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget request of $13.2 billion for the Department of the Interior continues the Administration's strong support for Interior's core missions, protecting the nation's cultural and natural heritage, responsibly managing energy development on public ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ASHTON, R.I. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today joined Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman David Cicilline, and Cumberland Mayor Daniel McKee to underscore the importance of tourism and outdoor recreation to local economies.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced a comprehensive environmental analysis that has identified proposed ‘solar energy zones' on public lands in six western states most suitable for environmentally sound, utility-scale solar energy production.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released a report showing that the various activities of the Department of the Interior contributed $358 billion to the U.S. economy in 2014, supporting more than two million jobs across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to ramp up efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery. Yesterday, President Obama approved a disaster declaration for Colorado providing additional support to state and ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the release of a study – authorized by Congress and jointly funded and prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation and the seven Colorado River Basin states – that projects water supply and demand imbalances throughout the Colorado River ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: NEW CASTLE, Del. – On Wednesday, Aug. 24, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor and U.S. Senator Tom Carper will tour First State National Historical Park in Delaware. The visit is the second stop of Deputy Secretary Connor’s tour commemorating the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, focusing on connecting with and creating the next generation of park visitors, supporters and advocates.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Putting the national spotlight on the importance of water sustainability, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation released a basin-by-basin report that characterizes the impacts of climate change and details adaptation strategies to better protect major river basins in the West that are fundamental to the health, economy, security and ecology of 17 Western states.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MONTEREY, California – Saying conservation brings tourism, jobs, and economic renewal, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today was joined by federal and local officials, including White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley and Director of the Bureau of Land Management Bob Abbey, to officially dedicate the 14,560-acre Fort Ord National Monument.
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 Illinois. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $2.6 million in Illinois as part of the recovery plan ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture announced actions to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and surrounding watershed in northeastern Minnesota, a unique natural wonder and one of the jewels of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded the Senate's confirmation of Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri to be the chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission, the federal agency tasked with collaborating with tribes and states to regulate Indian gaming. The President nominated Chaudhuri in July 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department will hold an oil and natural gas lease sale for the Central Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf that will offer nearly 36 million acres and could produce up to 1.3 billion barrels of oil and 5.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: RED VALLEY, Ariz. – On the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union address where he committed to focusing on challenges and opportunities that will impact America for generations ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Immediately following his inauguration, President Joe Biden signed Executive Orders that take critical first steps to address the climate crisis, create good union jobs, and advance environmental justice, while reversing the previous administration’s harmful policies.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Continuing his work to expand recreational opportunities on public lands, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today designated 19 national recreation trails in 17 states, adding more than 370 miles to the national recreation trails system of more than 1,000 trails in all 50 states.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael Connor today announced that the Department has signed two additional agreements with tribal nations in Washington State through the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).
