News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced a long-awaited development for oil and gas energy production offshore the state of Alaska. Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued conditional approval to Hilcorp Alaska LLC for its Liberty Project oil and gas development and production plan. If developed, the facility would be the first oil and gas production facility in federal waters off Alaska.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – In support of President Donald J. Trump's America-First Offshore Energy Strategy , Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that the Department will offer 77.3 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal passed by Congress on November 5, 2021, makes historic investments to plug orphan wells and reclaim abandoned mine lands, which will help communities eliminate dangerous environmental conditions and pollution caused by past coal mining and legacy energy development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today observed World Oceans Day and National Oceans Month by showcasing some of the economic benefits from the beaches in our national parks, seashores, lakeshores and wildlife refuges – beaches that belong to all Americans.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's “Smart from the Start” initiative for Atlantic offshore wind development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today announced it is seeking public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new methodology to assess the potential to store carbon in U.S. wetlands, forests and rangelands ecosystems--and thus to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere-will help find ways to mitigate the impacts of climate change, the Department of the Interior announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: On Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will provide an overview of the Administration's proposed fiscal year 2011 budget for the Department of the Interior at a 1 pm EST briefing in the Sidney R. Yates auditorium of the Main Interior Building.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Rachael Taylor visited Warm Springs, Ore., today, where they met with Tribal leaders and highlighted crucial investments that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal (BID) would make in local Tribal water infrastructure.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Harris Sherman today released the 2011 State of the Birds Report, the nation's first assessment of birds on lands and waters owned by the American people. The findings indicate tremendous potential for bird conservation: these publicly owned habitats support at least half of the entire U.S. distributions of more than 300 bird species.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today encouraged Americans to celebrate the 41st Earth Day by visiting national parks, national wildlife refuges, or other public lands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the selection of the University of Hawaii-Manoa in Honolulu to host the Department of the Interior's Pacific Islands Climate Science Center (CSC), with the University of Hawaii-Hilo and the University of Guam as consortium partners. He also announced that the University of Massachusetts-Amherst will host the Northeast CSC and the University of Oklahoma the South Central CSC.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama's strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible development of the nation's energy resources, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department's final plan for encouraging research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of oil shale and tar sands resources on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CORVALLIS – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science John Tubbs today joined paddlers and kayakers at McCartney Park in Linn County to celebrate Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's designation of the Willamette River Water Trail as part of the National Water Trails System.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: DURANT, Okla. – As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to strengthen the government-to-government relationship with ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON -- This weekend, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will visit the Denver area. Friday, July 21, 2017, Secretary Zinke will speak at the Western Conservative Summit. Saturday, July 22, 2017, Secretary Zinke will tour Rocky Mountain National Park and hold a media availability. The Secretary will also speak at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC); however, the event is not open to the press.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Director of the National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today announced the designation of 13 new national historic landmarks, including an Alabama bridge that was site of “Bloody Sunday” during the civil rights movement, a 400-year-old ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Senator Bob Menendez will hold a press event at Ellis Island to announce new projects under the President's economic recovery plan. The projects will create jobs and stimulate the economy while preserving the historic site.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of the Interior will hold a lease sale for oil and gas parcels in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska next month, offering 190 tracts of land, totaling about 1.8 million acres, while protecting critical migratory bird and caribou habitat in buffer zones around Teshekpuk Lake.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The following statement is from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke in response to President Donald J. Trump's State of the Union Address.
