News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. – Surrounded by more than 200 fourth- to seventh-grade students casting fishing lines and donning life jackets, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined partners of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to launch National Fishing and Boating Week (June 1-9).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, the Obama Administration today announced an interagency National Drought Resilience Partnership to help communities better prepare for future droughts and reduce the impact of drought events on livelihoods and the economy. Responding ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON – The Obama Administration's renewable energy program has authorized dozens of renewable energy projects on public lands and will hold the first-ever auctions for commercial wind development in the Atlantic this year, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar told offshore wind stakeholders at a conference ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Department of the Interior today announced three major milestones to advance commercial offshore wind energy development. The Department will propose a lease sale for wind ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: HELENA, MT -- In an announcement that will both create jobs and promote the conservation of our nation's fish and wildlife, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will invest $280 million in more than 770 projects through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to build visitors centers, improve infrastructure, and bolster conservation at national wildlife refuges and hatcheries across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, CA – The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor announced today that $40 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has been released for drought-relief projects in California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: LAS VEGAS – On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, the Department of the Interior's National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Land Management will host more than 260 Latino youth leaders at a series of events in the Las Vegas area to promote the participation among Latinos in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON –– U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today released the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Economic Report for Fiscal Year 2018. The report highlights Interior activities covering conventional and renewable energy, recreation, non-fuel minerals, irrigation, and conservation that resulted in $315 billion in economic output and supported 1.8 million jobs during the year – up from $254 billion in economic output and 1.6 million jobs in 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey today joined Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) to discuss federal firefighting assistance to Texas, where several large wildfires are burning; safety and preparedness for the current fire season; and a national strategy to address the mounting risks of wildfire around the nation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Michael R. Bromwich, the former Department of Justice Inspector General who now leads Interior Department reform initiatives to strengthen oversight and policing of offshore oil and gas development, today announced that he will establish an investigations and review unit that will help to expedite his oversight, enforcement and re-organization mandates.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Building on recent initiatives to prevent privately operated Unmanned Aircraft Systems (drones) from interfering with Federal, state, and local wildland firefighting activity, the Department of the Interior announced today that it is expanding and enhancing its wildfire location data-sharing program for 2017. The new service being offered is called “Current Wildland Fires” and is accessible through the Geoplatform ArcGIS Online Organization.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DENVER, CO – Aggressive enforcement actions taken by the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) netted American taxpayers, States, and American Indians more than $157 million in additional royalties, interest, and civil penalties during Calendar Year 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and MMS Director Liz Birnbaum announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- “US Topo” is the next generation of topographic maps from the U.S. Geological Survey. Digital US Topo maps are designed to look, feel, and perform like the traditional paper topographic maps for which the USGS is so well known. However, in contrast to paper-based maps, US Topo maps provide technical advantages that support faster, wider public distribution and enable basic, on-screen geographic analysis for all users.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today approved the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, the first large-scale solar energy project on U.S. public lands to use "power tower" technology. Proposed by BrightSource Energy of Oakland, California, the project could produce up to ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - This week, the Trump Administration traveled to Oregon and Washington State, where U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt met with Tribal leaders, Bureau of Reclamation staff, members of Congress, local business representatives, and other members of the public. The Trump Administration remains committed to being a good neighbor, ensuring federal decisions are informed by local concerns.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today at the White House, President Donald Trump, joined by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Members of Congress from coastal states, signed the America First Offshore Energy Executive Order. The order aims to expand offshore oil and gas exploration and production in the Outer Continental ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS – The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that its Western Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 218, held today in New Orleans, attracted $337,688,341in high bids and included 20 companies submitting 241 bids on 191 tracts comprising over a million acres ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will offer opening remarks at a White House Roundtable on Water Innovation on Tuesday, Dec. 15, and will announce a new Department of the Interior initiative to spur innovation and investments that support water and conservation solutions.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointments of 18 people to the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council, a group created earlier this year to advise the two departments about recreational hunting and shooting sports activities and associated wildlife and habitat conservation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BALTIMORE – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today hosted a town hall discussion at the Maryland Women's Heritage Center as part of Interior's ongoing efforts to capture and tell a more inclusive story of America.
