News from November 2021
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 $7.8 milliion contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to refurbish the fixed wheel gates and appurtenances at Reclamation's Folsom Dam in California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Revenue from leases for offshore oil and gas development in federal waters helped states build or improve 198 parks across the country in 2011, ranging from establishing a new park on Texas' most pristine river, to protecting and providing public access to prehistoric petroglyphs in Wyoming to building a new wheelchair-accessible playground in Indiana, according to a new report issued by the Interior Department's National Park Service.
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 Alaska. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $84.6 million in Alaska as part of the recovery plan signed ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today outlined steps that the Department plans to take to rebuild and strengthen the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) following years of transition and upheaval among the workforce. These changes, which will be done in coordination with Congress, will ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that Director of the Bureau of Land Management Robert Abbey has been dispatched to the Joint Information Center in Robert, Louisiana to support ongoing response efforts to Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. –The Department of the Interior today announced the initial framework of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations that will purchase fractional interests in American Indian trust lands from willing sellers, enabling tribal governments to use the consolidated parcels for the benefit of their communities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently became aware of a cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data that may have exposed the personal information of current and former Federal employees.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced the Bison Conservation Initiative (BCI), a new cooperative initiative that will coordinate conservation strategies and approaches for the wild American Bison over the next 10 years. The Department of the Interior (DOI) and its ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: OAKLAND, CA – On Thursday, April 30, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael Connor will join California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. to discuss new regulatory approaches for the Bay Delta.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today welcomed leadership from the Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation to Washington, D.C. to hold discussions on a potential Little Colorado River water settlement that could be acted upon by Congress. This is the first time that leaders of the two tribes have joined with a Secretary of the Interior to address this shared water issue.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, CT -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Governor Dannel Malloy, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Congressman John B. Larson and Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra in a tour of the Connecticut's Coltsville Historic District. During the visit, Secretary Salazar discussed ongoing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: LAS VEGAS – On Thursday, Dec. 15, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Deputy Secretary Mike Connor will attend the Colorado River Water Users Association Conference as part of a nationwide tour highlighting progress the nation has made over the past eight years on public lands, waters and wildlife management.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testified today regarding the Obama Administration's proposed 2011 budget for the Interior Department before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell is in Paris, France this week to attend the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (UNFCCC). This year’s conference aims to achieve an agreement on commitments to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions starting in 2020, and will adopt guidance on related issues such as climate adaptation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA – As part of the Interior Department’s leadership of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced $21 million in federal funding under the Soboba of Luiseño Indians Settlement Act, marking the final step in an historic water rights settlement and fulfilling promises made to the Soboba Band and southern California communities ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SHARPSBURG, Md. – On Wednesday, Sept. 30, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael Connor will join the Civil War Trust and other conservation leaders at Antietam National Battlefield to make a preservation announcement. The battle of Antietam, fought Sept. 17, 1862, resulted in the bloodiest day of combat in American history.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the Department will establish a Natural Resource Investment Center to spur partnerships with the private sector to develop creative financing opportunities that support economic development goals while advancing the Department’s resource stewardship mission.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary Zinke's Statement:. "I took a hard look at the current proposal suggesting a new direction for the National Bison Range and assessed what this would mean for Montana and the nation. As Secretary, my job is to look 100 years forward at all of Interior's resources. I recognize the Bison Range ...
