News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Concrete Preservation Institute Foundation (CPI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a framework to utilize CPI’s existing training programs in repair, maintenance and stewardship at historic sites across the Department’s bureaus.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced expanded recreation opportunities for motorized and non-motorized trails in the Recapture Canyon area located ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced over $265,000 is awarded in grant funding for three state-identified research priority projects into big game migration corridors in Arizona. The funding comes as a result of Secretarial Order 3362, which aims to improve the Federal government's collaboration with the states to enhance and improve the quality of big-game winter range and migration corridor habitat.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Department of the Interior is now accepting proposals from universities and scientific organizations to host four of the Department of the Interior regional Climate Science Centers planned throughout the nation-those in the Northwest, Southeast, Southwest and North Central regions.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced the signing of a lease agreement between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors allowing the Maricopa Parks and Recreation Department to expand recreational opportunities on 1,046 ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: HARTFORD, CT - As part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative, officials from the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Army (Civil Works) today announced that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed outlining collaborative ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 25, 2012 – Federal partners are continuing to work closely with first responders and firefighters from local, state, and tribal agencies to combat and monitor large wildfires throughout the West including those in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the signing of a historic Memorandum of Understanding with his Canadian counterpart, the Honorable Chuck Strahl, Minister of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, to improve the quality of life of Indigenous peoples in each country through increased cooperation and information-sharing.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – On Tuesday, Aug. 23, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will tour Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site and hold a roundtable discussion with stakeholders ...
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 the Giacomini Wetlands Restoration partners for their work in the Tomales Bay and along the central California coast.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Shannon Estenoz was sworn in today as Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks by Secretary Deb Haaland.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department of the Interior's projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Kansas. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $8.7 million in Kansas as part of the recovery plan signed by the President to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st Century.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following President Obama's announcement of the America's Great Outdoors report on February 16th, 2011, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar hit the road on a three-state tour to highlight the importance of the 21st century conservation and recreation initiative. Later on this week, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank today announced the award of the first three oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico boundary area subject to the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just days before the release of a 50-state report outlining some of the country's most promising ways to reconnect Americans to the natural world, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today highlighted two projects in the state of New Hampshire that will be included in the final report ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Thank you, Tiffany, for that kind introduction. And thank you, Roseal and the Veterans Day Planning Committee, for organizing this important event. As the Secretary said, today we honor the memory of our veterans who fought and died to protect our nation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – A report delivered today by the Department of the Interior's Inspector General (IG) elaborates on the review and analysis of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Safety Oversight Board and identifies many of the issues that lie at the center of ongoing offshore oil and gas oversight reforms ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: LAS VEGAS – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver keynote remarks at the annual winter meeting of the Western Governors' Association (WGA) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday, December 4. Secretary Jewell’s remarks will focus on areas of collaboration with Western Governors, including conservation goals, natural resource development and wildfire.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just days before the release of a 50-state report outlining some of the country's most promising ways to reconnect Americans to the natural world, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today highlighted two projects in the state of North Dakota that will be included in the final report - ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Mac Lean Sweeney announced the Blackwater Community School, located within the Gila River Indian Community in Coolidge, Ariz., will receive $30.1 million dollars, and the Quileute Tribe will receive $44.1 million dollars for the Quileute ...
