News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Thursday, April 14, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno will hold a press conference call to discuss a significant milestone in ensuring that oil and gas operations on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf are conducted safely and responsibly.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – In one of her first trips as Secretary of the Interior, and as part of the Obama Administration's unprecedented commitment to the restoration of the Everglades, Sally Jewell will travel to Florida on Wednesday to tour the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama administration's ongoing efforts to strengthen the oil and gas industry's ability to respond in the event of a deepwater blowout and ensure that offshore oil and gas production can continue to expand safely and responsibly, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced today that she is moving forward to implement the Not Invisible Act, including establishing a Joint Commission led by the Departments of the Interior and Justice on reducing violent crime against American Indians and Alaska Natives.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--The United States is using less water than during the peak years of 1975 and 1980, according to water use estimates for 2005. Despite a 30 percent population increase during the past 25 years, overall water use has remained fairly stable according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report.
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 Louisiana. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $4.3 million in Louisiana as part of the recovery plan signed by the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland today issued a statement lauding House passage of S. 1421, the Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act, which lists bighead carp as an injurious species under the Lacey Act. S. 1421 passed the Senate by unanimous consent on Nov. 17, 2010 and passed the House by a voice vote.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS, Mo– Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Senator Claire McCaskill announced today that the National Park Service will invest more than $5 million to undertake two major projects to renovate historic sites at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial under President Obama's economic recovery package.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PAGE, Ariz. – The U.S. Department of the Interior today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for a Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) for Glen Canyon Dam operations. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and the American Revolution Center (ARC) today announced that the National Park Service has reached a historic agreement to develop a national museum dedicated to the American Revolution. The National Park Service signed a land-exchange agreement with ARC to establish this museum at Independence National Historical Park.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior today released a report highlighting the progress made in the fight against invasive zebra and quagga mussels, which can impair the delivery of water and power, diminish boating and fishing, and devastate ecosystem health.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CRAIG, CO – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper today visited northwestern Colorado as part of the Secretary's commitment to working with states and private landowners toward developing conservation efforts for sage grouse in the region. U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DENVER – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced above average fire activity projections for the upcoming 2015 wildfire season. To view the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) forecast, visit this website.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee regarding the Obama Administration's proposed 2011 budget for the Interior Department.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today issued a Secretarial Order calling for a comprehensive science-based strategy to address the more frequent and intense wildfires that are damaging vital sagebrush landscapes and productive rangelands, particularly in the Great Basin region of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: KISSIMMEE, Fla. – As part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today accepted the first donation of land in south-central Florida to officially establish the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area – conserving one of the last remaining grassland and longleaf pine savanna landscapes in eastern North America.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – On Feb. 18, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to make a major announcement about the Rocky Mountain Greenway.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to work to reinstate fireworks at Mount Rushmore for Fourth of July celebrations. The State of South Dakota and the Department of the Interior are committed ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
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