News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama's fiscal year 2012 Budget request of $12.2 billion for the Department of the Interior reflects fiscal discipline, setting priorities and cutting worthy programs, while investing responsibly to sustain the national economic recovery and maintain Interior's vital missions ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – In response to a growing poaching crisis that is rapidly pushing populations of African elephants, rhinos and other species to the brink of extinction, President Obama today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is proposing new regulations that would prohibit most interstate ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, and in advance of the COP 21 climate discussions in Paris, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper today announced a major step in spurring wind energy development in federal waters offshore South Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke received President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine, in an issue-packed visit at the U.S. Department of the Interior.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SPRINGERVILLE, AZ – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today spent time with the men and women battling the wildfires in Arizona.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will hold a press conference April 25th to highlight the Obama Administration's America's Great Outdoors Initiative and $10.1 million in projects at Mesa Verde that are being undertaken as part of the President's economy recovery plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A Stilwell man was convicted Wednesday in federal court for sexually assaulting a minor in 2017 near Vinita during a road trip, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE, AK – In recognition of the long history of strong support from Alaska state, tribal and congressional leaders, and in resolution of an official request for a name change pending for 40 years, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the highest mountain in the United States and North America, formerly known as Mount McKinley, will be officially given the traditional Koyukon Athabascan name of Denali.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Seven Co-Defendants Convicted, Sentenced Earlier this Year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will provide an overview of the President's fiscal year 2015 budget for the Department of the Interior in a 2:00 p.m. EST teleconference. The Secretary will be joined by newly-confirmed Deputy Secretary Michael Connor and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DELANO, CA - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez and Paul Chávez, César Chávez's son and president of the César Chávez Foundation, celebrated the life and legacy of the legendary farm labor and civil rights leader in a ceremony to officially dedicate ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: On Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will be joined by Governors and representatives of Atlantic Coast states at a news media conference at the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C. to discuss a regional approach to wind energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Under President Trump’s leadership, Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 was a record year for onshore oil and gas revenues on public lands due in large part to more streamlined permitting timelines and abundant acreage for lease as was highlighted in statistics released by the Department of the Interior’s ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. – In response to President Obama's challenge to expand employment opportunities for youth, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced $4.2 million in grants to support conservation employment and mentoring opportunities for more than 600 young people ages 15-25 on public lands across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released a report that assesses climate change risks and how these risks could impact water operations, hydropower, flood control, and fish and wildlife in the western United States. The report to Congress, prepared by Interior's Bureau of ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PRAY, MT – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke finalized the withdrawal of more than 30,000 acres of federal lands in southwest Montana from mining for 20 years, subject to valid existing rights. This is the longest period possible under the Secretary's authority. The area covered by this ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, the Department of Defense and FEMA today announced more air support and additional Fire Management Grants to bolster the federal effort to protect life and public safety in response to fires in Western states.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today lauded the final approval of the Cobell settlement and outlined steps that Interior will take to help implement the historic $3.4 billion settlement. The settlement resolves a long-running class action lawsuit regarding the U.S. government's ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed President Trump’s nomination for the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Robert Wallace. Wallace received broad bipartisan support for his nomination throughout the confirmation process.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the U.S. Department of Justice and Hilary C. Tompkins, Solicitor at the U.S. Department of Interior
