News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that the Department of the Interior has accepted a land donation that will increase the Sabinoso Wilderness by nearly 50 percent - the largest wilderness land donation in the agency’s history.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a rule that would ban the importation and interstate transportation of four nonnative constrictor snakes that threaten the Everglades and other sensitive ecosystems across the United States, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of the Interior Department’s reform agenda to create a cleaner and more sustainable energy future, and in furtherance of the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the Methane and Waste Prevention Rule – a final rule ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of the comprehensive review of the federal oil and gas program called for in Executive Order 14008, the Interior Department will host a virtual forum on Thursday, March 25th. The day-long forum will feature several panels to highlight perspectives from industry representatives, labor and environmental justice organizations, natural resource advocates, and other experts.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Los Angeles Times. Since Spanish conquistadors brought horses to the American continent four centuries ago, the majestic animals that once roamed wild on our nation's great prairies have endured dramatic changes in the American landscape. The grasslands of the Midwest gave way to farms. Barbed-wire fences ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today attended the historic launch of the Landsat 9 satellite, which will provide major improvements to our Earth observation capabilities and help bolster our use of scientific data in key decision-making. Secretary Haaland was joined by Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo and leaders from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SANDY SPRINGS, Ga.- Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Rachel Jacobson today joined local Atlanta Metropolitan Area officials and managers of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area at a summit to discuss ways to promote tourism and outdoor recreation in the Southeast and stewardship of the Chattahoochee River Corridor.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama Administration's continued effort to bring relief to California communities suffering from the historic drought, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation will invest $20 million in nine water reclamation and reuse projects.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the Department is releasing $475.25 million in emergency Hurricane Sandy disaster relief appropriations to 234 projects that will repair and rebuild parks, refuges and other Interior assets damaged by the storm. The funding will ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PRINEVILLE, Ore. - The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the final phase of the John Day Wild and Scenic River land acquisition, which consists of transferring 11,149 acres from the Western Rivers Conservancy. Adding these lands to public ownership creates another ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: TALULLAH, La. – On Thursday, March 10, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will travel to Tensas National Wildlife Refuge to celebrate a successful conservation ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and move our economy toward clean energy, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider today announced approval of the Soda Mountain Solar Project on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's ongoing agenda to change how the Department of the Interior does business, the Bureau of Land Management today finalized several reforms to its oil and gas program that will improve environmental protection of important natural resources on U.S. public lands while aiding in the orderly leasing and balanced development of the nation's energy supply.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed an agreement to expand a state and federal partnership that has, over the last two years, paved the way for more than a dozen utility-scale solar energy projects and more than 130 renewable power projects in California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell released the following statement in support of the U.S. Army's decision related to the Dakota Access Pipeline:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, philanthropist David Rubenstein, and Trust for the National Mall President Caroline Cunningham to re-open the Washington Monument nearly three years after an earthquake significantly damaged its marble and granite structure.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today issued the following statement in response to the determination by the National Park Service's Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places that Nantucket Sound is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK, NY – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the National Park Service expects to reopen the Statue of Liberty to visitors by July 4, 2013, after repairing the extensive damage to Liberty Island caused by Hurricane Sandy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that it would begin consultations with Tribes as it continues to strengthen the ability of sovereign nations to establish and consolidate their homelands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The federal government has received more than 450,000 comments from the public regarding the development of a comprehensive offshore energy strategy for the Outer Continental Shelf, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today.
