News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Rachael Taylor are in southern Oregon today to highlight conservation efforts, survey wildland fire damage, and discuss the Department of the Interior’s support for rural and Tribal communities. They were joined by Governor Kate Brown and Senator Jeff Merkley.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Senator Robert Menendez today announced that the National Park Service has awarded more than $29 million in contracts to repair the Ellis Island's seawall, stabilize one of the island's historic structures and upgrade the communications infrastructure at Liberty and Ellis islands.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong. During their meeting, Secretary Raimondo and Prime Minister Lee discussed areas of cooperation under the U.S.-Singapore Partnership for Growth and Innovation (PGI) that Vice President Harris announced ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland applauded the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal (BID), a once-in-a-generation investment that will help communities tackle the climate crisis while creating good-paying union jobs, advancing environmental justice, and boosting local economies. The legislation is the largest investment in the resilience of physical and natural systems in American history.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Alaska Dispatch News: Alaska Native leaders say Tara Sweeney is well suited for Trump’s top Indian affairs job. “Sweeney is tough and smart with the political savvy and instincts to negotiate bureaucracy, said Gloria O'Neill, who has long worked with Sweeney on boards and projects.”
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: BURNS, Ore. – On Monday, March 21, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor will travel to Harney County, Oregon where they will meet with employees impacted by the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, as well as with community and tribal leaders who are working collaboratively on thoughtful management of public and private lands in southeastern Oregon.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced additional members of the agency leadership team working to steward America's natural, cultural and historic resources, and honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, Me – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Senator Susan Collins today highlighted $8.3 million in projects at Acadia National Park funded under President Obama's economic recovery package that will bring jobs and economic growth to Maine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS AND CROW AGENCY, MT -- At two events with tribal leaders in Montana today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and other top Interior officials took what he called “the latest steps to implement President Obama's pledge for reconciliation and empowerment for American Indian nations.”
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has approved a transmission line on public lands that will connect a 250-megawatt solar power project to the energy grid in California. The transmission line will connect to the Imperial Solar Energy Center West Project in Imperial County that, when constructed, will generate power for more than 75,000 homes.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior announced today that it will host initial consultations with Tribal leaders next month. In addition to honoring and strengthening the nation-to-nation relationship, these steps will help ensure that future White House and Interior efforts at addressing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named Deanna A. Archuleta, a water utility official and former county commissioner from Albuquerque, New Mexico, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science. The appointment does not require Senate confirmation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today made the following statement regarding the passing of Elouise Cobell yesterday:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation today awarded a $17.68-million contract to Weeminuche Construction Authority of Towaoc, Colorado, which is 100 percent owned by the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, for modification work at Steinaker Dam near Vernal, Utah.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg today announced new initiatives that will increase access, support jobs, and enhance the transportation experience on public lands across the country. At an event in Washington, D.C., the two Secretaries...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the appointment of Anthony Christianson as Chair of the Federal Subsistence Board, which oversees the management of fish and wildlife resources on federal lands and waters for subsistence uses. In compliance with federal law, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has concurred with the appointment.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: With Inflation at 40 Year High, American Families Can’t Afford $4 Trillion Tax & Spending Bill.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Space Policy announced by the White House today recognizes and endorses the Department of the Interior's expertise and accomplishments in land imaging and remote sensing to advance global climate change research and provide data for science and natural resource management.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $12.7 million contract for the third and final phase of the Contra Costa Canal Fish Screen at Rock Slough project under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The work was awarded to Flat Iron West, Inc., of Benicia, Calif.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Nov. 16, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will hold an event with the Blackfeet Nation and Devon Energy Corporation in Washington, D.C. to announce a milestone related to oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis and Clark National Forest in northwest Montana.
