News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – This week, the Department of the Interior announced the addition of seven individuals to join the Department. These individuals will fill positions in the Office of the Secretary, Office of Communications, the Office of the Solicitor, and the Bureau of Reclamation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's initiative to reinvigorate the federal commitment to environmental justice for minority and low-income communities, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced release of the Department of the Interior's Environmental Justice Strategic Plan 2012-2017.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Congressman John Sarbanes, Senator Benjamin Cardin, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today visited Patuxent Research Refuge and Wildlife Research Center in Maryland to highlight the job creation and conservation benefits of President Obama's economic recovery plan.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires in multiple Western states. Last Friday, President Obama approved a disaster declaration for Colorado ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MIAMI, Fla. – As a result of significant improvements in its population and habitat conditions and ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today presented a Partners in Conservation Award to Operation Migration for their efforts to reintroduce the whooping crane to its native flyway in the eastern United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today hosted a meeting of top federal policymakers and members of the federal government's science community to begin charting an ecosystem-based management framework for the Alaska Arctic that would focus on particularly important ecological areas that support special wildlife, land or water resources, as well as areas important for the subsistence and culture of local communities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's agenda for reform, the time has come to update the nation's 19th century mining law to ensure reasonable royalty payments for extracting gold, silver and other minerals from federal land and to provide more effective regulatory, clean-up and reclamation tools, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Weston, Florida. Nat, thank you for your kind introduction. Few individuals have worked as tirelessly or as long as you to preserve our natural and cultural resources. I am pleased that you are down here keeping a vigilant watch over the Everglades, which are one of the world's most treasured and iconic ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced that an additional $10 million has been transferred to the Cobell Education Scholarship Fund (the Fund), bringing the total amount contributed so far to nearly $30 million. Funded in part by the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified three Rural Water projects in North Dakota and South Dakota that will share $93 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced details of the annual Independence Day celebration on the National Mall, including Salute to America, which will feature remarks by President Donald J. Trump to honor America’s armed forces.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the summer outdoor recreation season is about to kick off, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Executive Director and CEO Jeff Trandahl today partnered to announce that the 21st Century Conservation ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NAPLES, FL – Despite being cited twice in two years for exposing workers to dangerous fall hazards, one of the nation’s leading residential solar panel installation contractors has again violated federal workplace safety requirements, this time at a Naples work site.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today announced a federal, local and private partnership that will reduce the risks of wildfire to America's water supply in western states. The Western Watershed Enhancement ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOYTON BEACH, Fl – As part of President Obama's strong support for the restoration of the Florida Everglades, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today toured the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and met with stakeholders to discuss ongoing efforts to restore the critical ecosystem.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Interior announced steps to improve water management by finalizing the transfer of ownership of two federal water projects in Utah to local water user organizations. The Emery County Project in east-central Utah and the Uintah Basin Replacement Project in northeastern ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DENVER, CO – The Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) today announced that it disbursed more than $10.68 billion in Fiscal Year 2009 from revenues collected from energy and mineral production on Federal and American Indian lands, including energy and mineral production on the Federal Outer Continental Shelf.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MONACA, PA – A federal court has ordered a Beaver County gas station and convenience store to cease violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and pay back wages and liquidated damages to two underpaid employees. The judgment follows a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that determined the owners of Monaca Sunoco, located at 1479 Old Brodhead Road, intentionally underpaid a married couple who lived and worked there.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Interior Deputy Secretary Michael Connor announced today that the Department has signed a cooperative agreement with the Osage Nation to implement the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). The Buy-Back Program facilitates the purchase of individual interests in fractionated trust lands and consolidates ownership for the tribe with jurisdiction.
