News from November 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s full committee markup of 12 pieces of legislation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced that four of its Bureaus will further coordinate efforts to prevent, contain and control quagga and zebra mussels in western states. An agreement among the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service will pool resources to fund essential work in waterways across the Lower Colorado River Basin.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced three universities selected to host the Department of the Interior's Climate Science Centers (CSCs) for the Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands regions. The three locations complete the national network of eight CSCs that ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar honored the life and legacy of Stewart Lee Udall at a ceremony dedicating the main Interior building after the former Secretary of the Interior. Commemorating the legislation signed by President Barack Obama on June 8, 2010 designating ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that $78 million in grants has been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, which will provide the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners the ability to help conserve or restore nearly 500,000 acres of wetland ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that 35,000 acre-feet of additional water may be available for release this year from Upper Klamath Lake for delivery to irrigation contractors. Current modeling estimates the additional water will be available because Upper Klamath ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 8, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C. to make a major announcement regarding an initiative to better connect the next generation to America's great outdoors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell issued the following statement after Congress allowed the Land and Water Conservation Fund to expire last night at midnight, which has put in jeopardy a critical tool that has been incredibly effective at funding more than 40,000 local conservation and recreation projects nationwide:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced additional Biden-Harris administration appointees who will work to advance President Biden’s agenda to tackle climate change, create good-paying union jobs in a clean energy economy, steward America’s public lands and waters, and honor relationships and trust responsibilities with Indigenous communities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today welcomed the arrival of Dr. Jim F. Reilly II at the Department of the Interior to begin his tenure as the 17th director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced a sweeping reform of federal surface leasing regulations for American Indian lands that will streamline the approval process for home ownership, expedite economic development and spur renewable energy development in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DOHA, Qatar – Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland today said the United States will support trade restrictions on bluefin tuna, polar bears, and imperiled corals and sharks among other proposals at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that begins next week.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced three major developments in American offshore wind energy spanning from coast to coast. Continuing with the Trump Administration's all-of-the-above energy policy, the Secretary spoke at the American Wind Energy Association’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the indictment of 54 members of a drug trafficking ring for their roles in distributing heroin laced with fentanyl, powder and crack cocaine, and methamphetamine to Fulton, Montgomery, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Following on President Obama's announcement yesterday of steps he's taking to help boost U.S. tourism, the Administration today convened the first meeting of an interagency group to promote recreation and improve coordination among federal land and water management agencies. As part of the meeting, the group announced an online effort to enhance access to information on public lands and outdoor recreation.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar released the following statement today after Shell announced it would not drill into oil-bearing zones in the Arctic this year:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Taos, N.M. – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the Bureau of Land Management are pleased to announce that the Sabinoso Wilderness – which contains some of the most pristine habitat in the country for elk, mule deer, and other wildlife – is for the first time ever accessible to the public ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the appointment of former Interior Department official and former Chief of Staff to Rep. Steve Pearce (NM) Todd Willens as Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Interior. In this role, Willens will work closely with yet-to-be-confirmed ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: CRAIG, CO – On Tuesday, Jan. 21, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and other Interior Department officials at the Bord Gulch Ranch in Craig, Colorado, to tour innovative sage grouse conservation efforts being undertaken by ranch manager Ray Owens. Owens was recently named one of two recipients of Colorado Parks and Wildlife's 2013 Wildlife Landowner of the Year award.
