News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fl. - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Rowan Gould today joined senior administration officials at a public listening session today as part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative to develop a conservation agenda for the 21st century.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: COLORADO - Secretary Salazar, BLM Director Bob Abbey and other senior administration officials will participate in listening sessions on President Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative to hear from people in the region about solutions for building at 21st century conservation and recreation agenda and reconnecting Americans with the outdoors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – A new Interior Department website offers the public as well as federal, state and local emergency management communities online maps containing the latest available information on earthquakes, earthquake shakemaps, streamflow data and floods, volcanoes and wildfires, as well as information on severe weather hazards.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: AUSTIN, TX – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join representatives of scientific and conservation organizations at the Zilker Nature Preserve/Botanical Gardens on March 11 to release the 2010 “State of the Birds Report,” which this year focuses on the effects of climate change on migratory bird populations in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the appointment of two Deputy Assistant Secretaries to serve as leaders at the Department and help carry out the President's priorities to put America first. Aurelia Skipwith will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks and former House Natural Resources senior staffer Katharine MacGregor will serve as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to rural communities , Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that more than 1,850 local governments around the Nation are receiving a record total of $393 million under the 2012 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just days before the release of a 50-state report outlining 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 Florida that will be included in the final report - representing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has officially joined a global effort to increase transparency and strengthen public trust in the governance of natural resource revenues, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today. The U.S. application for candidacy in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was approved by the EITI Board at its March 18-19 meeting in Oslo, Norway.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo issued the following statement in response to new guidance from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the extension of the Conditional Sail Order (CSO) governing cruise travel that will now expire on Jan. 15, 2022.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – To create more workable oil, gas and mineral valuation regulations and avoid costly litigation, the Department of the Interior today announced the repeal of the Consolidated Federal Oil and Gas and Federal and Indian Coal Valuation Reform Rule (Valuation Rule) which had created ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SHAWNEE, Okla. – On Monday, Nov. 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn will visit Oklahoma to participate in a signing ceremony with Chairman John Barrett of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation , approving the tribe's leasing regulations in ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-- In collaboration with the President's Council on Environmental Quality, leaders of the Departments of Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency have signed an interagency Memorandum of Understanding establishing the Partnership for Cooperative Conservation.
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 “Bayhorse Mining District Cooperative Conservation with Partners” Project for their work at the Bayhorse Mining District in Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DENVER – An unprecedented, landscape-scale conservation effort across the western United States has significantly reduced threats to the greater sage-grouse across 90 percent of the species’ breeding habitat and enabled the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN Opinion Page. The national economic crisis might not seem to be the time for Americans to build a conservation legacy for the future. . But history tells us otherwise. In fact, some of the greatest strides in conserving our nation's unique landscapes for future generations occurred ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding Interior's work to facilitate the development of oil and gas resources on the nation's Outer Continental Shelf and public lands. Joined by Deputy Secretary ...
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. Last Friday, President Obama approved a disaster declaration for Colorado providing additional support to state and ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SOUTHERN NEVADA – On Saturday, Oct. 17, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally and Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze will join a Nevada celebration to commemorate ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt was joined by Governor of Utah Gary Herbert, U.S. Senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney, U.S. Congressmen Rob Bishop and John Curtis and other officials as he transferred the ownership of the first two federal water facilities to local ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today highlighted projects in 10 northeastern states that serve as models of the America's Great Outdoors River Initiative to conserve and restore key rivers across the nation, expand outdoor recreational opportunities and support jobs in local communities.
