News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: KITSAP PENINSULA, Wash. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today met with representatives of Pacific Northwest tribes to discuss federal efforts to address the economic, social and climate change challenges facing American Indian and Alaska Native governments and helping them to build strong, prosperous and resilient communities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named current Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich to lead the newly formed Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and current BOEMRE Senior Advisor Tommy P. Beaudreau to lead the newly formed Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Del Laverdure today announced a new framework for meaningful consultation with Alaska Native Corporations, the entities created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) to receive land and ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding more than $6.6 million in Tribal Wildlife Grants to federally recognized Native American and Alaska Native Tribes in 17 states to bolster fish and wildlife conservation and key partnerships. The awards will support 37 projects that benefit a wide range of wildlife and habitats, including species of Native American cultural or traditional importance and species that are not hunted or fished.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and the governors of 10 East Coast states today signed a Memorandum of Understanding that formally establishes an Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium to promote the efficient, orderly, and responsible development of wind resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Red Rock National Conservation Area, NV – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced $305 million will fund more than 650 Bureau of Land Management projects across the country under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The investments will restore landscapes and habitat, spur renewable energy development on public lands, and create jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DURANT, Okla. – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the settlement of The Chickasaw Nation and The Choctaw Nation v. The ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - On Sunday, May 7, 2017 Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will visit Utah and launch a four-day listening tour regarding the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, both of which are under review under President Trump's Executive Order 13792, issued April 26, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Thursday, Sept. 17, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will lead a press conference call to discuss a landmark settlement with a nationwide class of tribes and tribal entities. Jewell will be joined by Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn and U.S. Department of Justice Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior today released a Sustainability Plan that outlines Department-wide goals and strategies to meet or exceed environmental and energy performance requirements as directed by President Barack Obama. The White House announced the Department's “Strategic Sustainability ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell applauded President Obama’s announcement of the designation of the newly named Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument , formerly the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, permanently protecting the site that became emblematic of the mission to advance women’s rights throughout the 20th century.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Acting Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Mike Boots will hold a teleconference to announce details of a weeklong series of events that the Administration is hosting that demonstrate the power of the Land and Water Conservation Fund to support local conservation, outdoor recreation and clean water projects across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
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By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - In honor of César Chávez Day, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced an important step in the exploration of how the National Park Service can honor and commemorate the late civil rights leader.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – In 2010, the state of Rhode Island estimated 153 drug overdose deaths, with 36 of them blamed on illicit drugs. A decade later, 384 residents fatally overdosed with 275 attributed to illicit drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today identified river projects in 11 Midwestern and southern states to serve as models of the America's Great Outdoors Rivers to conserve and restore key rivers across the nation, expand outdoor recreational opportunities and support jobs in local communities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released the following statement on the passing of Sam Hamilton, the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke today announced an aggressive interagency plan for developing a single long term integrated Biological Opinion for the California Bay-Delta and for developing near term scientific initiatives that could be incorporated into water operations as soon as the 2011 water year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior today announced that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) will pursue administrative and program consolidations with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that are expected to generate savings and efficiencies, while continuing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: PORTLAND, OR – Sally Jewell will make her first trip to the West Coast as Secretary of the Interior with a visit to Portland, Oregon, this Thursday and Friday. Secretary Jewell will make an announcement regarding efforts to create youth employment opportunities and will sign an agreement with the states of Oregon and Washington to expedite the review and approval of major infrastructure projects.
