News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Bureau of Reclamation Acting Commissioner David Murillo announced the appointment of Alan Mikkelsen of Montana as Reclamation's Deputy Commissioner.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today issued the following statement on the Obama Administration's goal to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 – 45 percent from 2012 levels by 2025 , a key effort in the President's Climate Action Plan :
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 Outdoor Recreation Business Plan Guidebook Team for creating a publication for recreation professionals that assists in effective fiscal planning and management, by sharing the knowledge and practices of current park managers.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In partnership with the Student Conservation Association (SCA), the Department of the Interior's Blacks In Government (BIG) Chapter celebrated the academic achievements of ten high school students from the National Capital region today during its 5th annual awards ceremony. Robert ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Bureau of Reclamation's Initial 2010 Central Valley Project (CVP) Water Supply Forecast and steps the United States government is taking to seek additional water supplies for drought-stricken farmers. Snowpack and runoff forecasts are significantly improved over the past three years and, if current weather patterns continue, California may have an “average” or better water year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of the Interior disbursed more than $1.8 billion to 34 states and more than $407 million to 34 American Indian Tribes and 30,000 individual Indian mineral owners as part of their share of receipts from onshore and offshore energy production during Fiscal Year 2010, Secretary ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: TAHOE, Calif. – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver keynote remarks at the Annual Meeting of the Western Governors' Association (WGA) in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, on Wednesday, June 24.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Region has awarded a $21 million contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement Project. The work includes the construction ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today finalized a program for spurring development of solar energy on public lands in six western states. The Programmatic Environmental Impact ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – On Saturday, March 19, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will attend a community dedication ceremony to commemorate the recent designation of Berryessa Snow Mountain National ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today visited Washington State where he met with state and local leaders regarding community-driven efforts to conserve and protect the San Juan Islands. Secretary Salazar's public meeting with stakeholders in Anacortes is a part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative to support local conservation and recreation efforts.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, has released a new intellectual property rights protection brochure, created in collaboration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and entitled Introduction to Intellectual Property for American Indian and Alaskan Native Artists.
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 Wyoming that will be included in the final report - representing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank today announced the proposed sale of leases for nearly 344,000 acres offshore New Jersey for commercial wind energy leasing.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe and other leaders to destroy more than one ton of confiscated elephant ivory in New York's Times Square, sending a clear message that the United States will not tolerate wildlife ...
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 Mississippi. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $13million in Mississippi as part of the recovery plan signed by ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. --Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Region has issued a cooperative agreement award under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The $5.25 million award is for the Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement Project on the Sacramento River in northern California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: LAS VEGAS, NV - On the heels of President Obama's comprehensive climate action plan to reduce carbon pollution and move our economy toward American-made clean energy sources, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and MGM Resorts International on Tuesday, July 2 for a clean energy announcement.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Mexico City, Mexico. Draft Remarks of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. [Spanish text available below]. Thank you. . It is an honor to be here today with Secretary Elvira, Commissioner of Reclamation Mike Connor, and Director General of the Mexican National Water Commission Jose Luis Luege Tamargo. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today affirmed that the Department of the Interior will continue to pursue a balanced course on off-reservation gaming policy, taking into account the views and concerns of tribes, Federal, State and local elected officials and affected citizens. Echo Hawk spoke at a gathering of the National Congress of American Indians in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
