News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named Sylvia V. Baca, a senior public and private sector manager in energy and environmental policy and programs, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management. The appointment does not require Senate confirmation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – In partnership with state, tribal, and federal agency partners, the Obama Administration today released the first draft national strategy to help decision makers and resource managers prepare for and help reduce the impacts of climate change on species, ecosystems, and the people and economies that depend on them.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Some of America's best scientists are helping develop an innovative scenario-building technique to plan environmental and economic recovery from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to an article in this week's Science.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Superintendent of Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks, Dan Kimball, has been dispatched to the new Command Center opening in St. Petersburg, Florida to help lead efforts to protect coastal communities and natural resources from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Asheville, NC - Fish and Wildlife and Parks Assistant Secretary Tom Strickland, National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis and USDA Senior Advisor for Environment and Climate Robert Robbie today hosted a public listening session as part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative to develop a conservation agenda worthy of the 21st century.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the U.S. Department of the Interior today praised federal agencies for work that led to the conviction of an Anchorage resident for violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. Under the Act, it is illegal to falsely display, offer for sale, or sell a product as “Alaska Native,” “American Indian,” “Native American,” or as the product of an Indian Tribe.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today approved construction of the transmission line for First Solar's Campo Verde Solar energy project, which will cross public lands southwest of El Centro, California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced key appointments to the agency leadership team who will work to create jobs in the clean energy economy, steward America’s public lands and waters, and honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In celebration of National Trails Day on June 5, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced 10 new national recreation trails in eight states, adding more than 160 miles to the National Trails System. The newly designated trails join a network of more than 1,300 existing national recreation trails, which can be found in every U.S. state.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the locations selected for the Department of the Interior's Southeast and Northwest regional Climate Science Centers and the finalization of a cooperative agreement for the Alaska Climate Science Center, which opened on Sept. 1 in Anchorage.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, August 7, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will travel to Grand Teton National Park to reinforce the Department's strong commitment to find a permanent solution to protect the world-class assets of the park. Jewell will also participate in Thursday's launch of Inspiring Journeys, a public-private campaign to restore and protect Jenny Lake trails.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's commitment to support tribal self-governance and self-determination, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced a package of regulatory initiatives intended to help tribal leaders to spur investment opportunities and economic development in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and create clean energy jobs, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced new steps with Western states to encourage the development of renewable power, efficiently deliver that electricity to market, and meet growing consumer demands for clean energy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM – On Thursday, April 17, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will address the 2014 graduating class of the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), a National Indian Community College and Land Grant Institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump today proposed an $11.7 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget for the Department of the Interior that includes a legislative proposal to establish the Public Lands Infrastructure Fund. The Fund will provide up to $18 billion to address Interior’s deferred maintenance ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Justice Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the U.S. Geological Survey will fund $29.4 million in earthquake network upgrades nationwide through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, an investment that will significantly improve the timely delivery of information to high-hazard regions such as the Bay area.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, NV -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey today approved more than $135 million for a variety of restoration and improvement projects throughout Nevada and Lake Tahoe under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: ANADARKO, OK – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will visit Riverside Indian School on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, to meet with students and school officials, tour the educational facilities, and host a roundtable discussion. The visit is part of the President's Generation Indigenous (“Gen I”) ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued new internal guidance to provide better government services and alleviate conflict with landowners stemming from easement deeds that pre-date 1976. The actions by the Service to improve its easement processes started last October when Secretary ...
