News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today thanked the many parties to the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement (KHSA) and the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA) for their continued support of the Agreements and their work with the Department as it completed numerous peer-reviewed ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the release of two new hubs of datasets that are part of the Climate Data Initiative (CDI), a key feature of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to help local and state leaders build greater community resilience in the face of ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – To ensure the responsible use of the $6 billion awarded in annual grants by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and increase accountability and transparency, the Department has entered into an agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to modernize DOI’s financial assistance programs through HHS’s GrantSolutions platform.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today shared their vision for the Biden-Harris administration’s wildland fire preparedness and response, including supporting science and research into the effects of climate change on wildland fire.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a meeting on Monday, Feb. 6, with members of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s family regarding the recently-dedicated Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today announced a plan to correct the so-called “Drum Major” quote on the Memorial to more accurately reflect the meaning and intent of Dr. King's original statement.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SPOKANE, WASH. – On Wednesday, June 29, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver keynote remarks at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Mid-Year Conference in Spokane, Washington.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 18, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver remarks and welcome 37 new citizens at a special naturalization ceremony in honor of Military Appreciation Month. Secretary Jewell will present America the Beautiful Military Passes – which grant free entry to national parks and other public lands and waters nationwide – to three active duty military members and seven active duty spouses that will be naturalized.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SALT LAKE CITY – On Thursday, August 6, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and local partners for a community service project and major announcement related to the Interior Department’s leadership of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Outside initiative , which aims to inspire millions of kids to play, learn, serve and work in the great outdoors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (Commission) today approved more than $27 million in funding for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners to purchase, lease or otherwise conserve nearly 200,000 acres of wetland and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds and other birds across the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Tuskegee, ALABAMA - The U.S. Department of the Interior is partnering with Google to make thousands of historically and culturally significant objects in the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: NEW YORK, N.Y. – On July 4, 2013, the Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island will reopen to the public for the first time since Hurricane Sandy made landfall on Oct. 29, 2012. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, and other dignitaries in a ceremony and ribbon cutting on Liberty Island to celebrate the reopening.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: OVANDO, MT - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today toured Montana's Blackfoot Valley, highlighting community-based partnerships in the Crown of the Continent region that conserve the area's natural heritage, improve its quality of life, and support economic growth and jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA – On Wednesday, March 18, 2015, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will travel to New Orleans to attend and open bids at an oil and gas lease sale offering 41.2 million acres for exploration and development in the Central Planning Area offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the October 2021 Employment Situation Report: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 531,000 jobs in the month of October, and the unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, down from 4.8 ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA – The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today held an oil and gas lease sale for the Central Gulf of Mexico that drew $538,780,056 in high bids for tracts on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex will receive an additional $1 million in funding to reach new audiences and engage Southern California urban communities and youth in conservation and outdoor recreation. The refuge is the first among the nation's urban national wildlife refuges to receive this new award through a nationwide competition.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a GOP Leadership press conference today, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks about how President Joe Biden’s energy crisis will get worse under the tax and spending spree.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - To promote outdoor recreation and reconnect Americans to nature, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Director of the National Park Service Jonathan B. Jarvis today announced the recognition of 19 hiking and biking trails and two water trails as national recreation trails, adding 452 miles in 11 states to the National Trails System.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that Lease Sale 247 for oil and gas parcels in the Gulf of Mexico garnered $274,797,434 in high bids for 163 tracts covering 913,542 acres in the Central Planning ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: PORTLAND, Maine – On Wednesday, Oct. 12, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver keynote remarks at Evening for the Environment, an event hosted by the Maine Conservation Alliance to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the National Park Service and the recent designation of the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument in northern Maine.
