News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Date: Jan. 21, 2020. Contacts: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov. Vanessa Kauffman, 703-358-2138, vanessa_kauffman@fws.gov. WASHINGTON – As part of ongoing efforts to address conflicts between double-crested cormorants and wild and stocked fisheries, the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
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 West Virginia Watershed Network for exemplary service in promoting watershed conservation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PABLO, Mont. – As part of President Obama's commitment to strengthen the government-to-government relationship with tribal nations and fulfill federal trust obligations, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today issued a Secretarial Order reaffirming the Department of the Interior's trust responsibilities to federally-recognized Indian tribes and individual Indian beneficiaries and providing guidance for Interior agencies in carrying out their obligations to them.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Energy 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, D.C. – On the one-year anniversary of President Obama's Climate Action Plan , Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released a new report showing that forests, wetlands and farms in the eastern United States naturally store 300 million tons of carbon a year (1,100 million ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: TRONDHEIM, NORWAY – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined senior foreign government officials and oil and gas industry leaders in a Ministerial Forum on Offshore Energy Safety in Trondheim, Norway, to continue an ongoing global dialogue about safe and environmentally responsible offshore drilling.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: NEW ORLEANS – On Monday, June 20, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will highlight ongoing restoration efforts along the Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon tragedy. Secretary Jewell will tour the Barataria Preserve Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Marrero, La. to see first-hand progress on projects to create healthy wetlands by filling in more than 16.5 miles of canals.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of its continued commitment to rigorous oversight of oil and gas activities in the Arctic, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Department has launched an expedited, high-level assessment of the 2012 offshore drilling program in the Beaufort and Chukchi ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Nov. 1, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Lawrence Roberts will hold a press conference call to discuss the work accomplished by the Obama administration to strengthen tribal sovereignty, reduce fractionation and provide new opportunities to Native American communities through the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, June 13, 2017, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will start a four-day visit to New England. The itinerary will include stops in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. Secretary Zinke will tour Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, which is under review via President Trump's Executive Order 13792, issued April 26, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Justice have announced a historic settlement of a long-running and highly contentious class-action lawsuit regarding the U.S. government's trust management and accounting of over 300,000 individual American Indian trust accounts. The announcement was made in a news conference by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Attorney General Eric Holder.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will host four regional public meetings in April to present Interior's findings on Outer Continental Shelf (OSC) energy resources and information regarding sensitive areas and resources in the OCS from their development. At the meetings, the Secretary will also hear comment from public officials, interested organizations, advocacy groups and private citizens on OCS's development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today approved the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, the ninth large-scale solar facility green-lighted as part of the administration's initiative to encourage rapid and responsible development of renewable energy on U.S. public lands. The concentrated ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MARINA, CA-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today hosted a public listening session to engage with the public, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority and friends groups on exploring the best path forward to preserve the public lands at Fort Ord for the enjoyment of all Americans. Secretary Salazar ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised President Obama's announcement that he intends to nominate Joseph Pizarchik to be director of the department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump's State of the Union Address. "The state of our Union is exceptional. Three years ago, President Trump promised to tackle the real issues facing Americans, and he has delivered on those ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – In support of the President's “America-First Offshore Energy Strategy,” U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the proposed lease sale for two additional areas offshore Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing, totaling nearly 390,000 acres.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today offered remarks at the ceremony to formally dedicate the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, the newest addition to the National Mall and Memorial Parks. The ceremony also featured remarks from President Barack Obama, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald, board members of the Disabled Veterans' Life Memorial Foundation, actor Gary Sinise and others.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – Nikolao Pula, director of the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, and Rebecca Blank, under secretary of the Department of Commerce for economic affairs, will join the representatives of four U.S. territories to release the first-ever report on the gross domestic product ...
