News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join President Obama and other Cabinet officials to represent the United States at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) climate negotiations in Paris, France during the first week of December.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced today that more than 1,900 local governments around the country will receive $514.7 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DETROIT, MI – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today asked the National Park Service to conduct an internal review of the highly successful Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program to ensure that it is maximizing opportunities to use historic preservation to promote economic development and revitalization of communities, especially in urban areas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today issued a Secretarial Order directing the Department of the Interior and its bureaus to continue collaborative efforts to finalize important drought contingency actions designed to reduce the risk of water shortages in the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basins and build on recent progress to complete “Minute 32X” – a long-term Colorado River bi-national cooperative agreement with Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined with local business, health, education, non-profit and conservation leaders in San Francisco to launch a national campaign to expand opportunities for youth on public lands. Today's kick-off comes on the heels of Secretary Jewell's ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today signed a Secretarial order establishing a new water sustainability strategy for the United States. Salazar showcased the Department of the Interior's WaterSMART Initiative at a press conference featuring a geospatial presentation ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today swore-in former Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich to lead reforms that will strengthen oversight and policing of offshore oil and gas development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
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By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Good afternoon, everyone! And thank you for participating in today’s webinar.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SANTA FE, N.M. – On Saturday, Oct. 10, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, former U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Bronx & Harlem Rivers Urban Waters Federal Partnership celebrated its 10th anniversary on the High Bridge over the Harlem River in New York City.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today issued the following statement on the California State Legislature's passage of legislation to modernize the state's water infrastructure:
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 Virginia that will be included in the final report - representing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today took several steps to honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes and uphold our trust and treaty responsibilities to them. Today’s actions reverse a series of steps taken in the previous administration that undermined the ability of Tribes to establish and consolidate their homelands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Michael R. Bromwich, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEM), announced today that he will be leading a series of public meetings to collect information and views about deepwater drilling safety reforms, blowout containment, and oil spill ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SELLS, Ariz. – Today, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Mac Lean Sweeney reopened the Santa Rosa Ranch School (SRRS), located on the Tohono O’odham Nation reservation. The school provides education for grades K-8 and serves approximately 66 students. The school had been closed since Dec. 13, 2018, when the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) leadership and safety personnel identified several high priority deficiencies during a campus walk-through.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today initiated the transfer of the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, a beacon that has been a symbol of the Windy City for more than a century, from the U.S. Coast Guard to the City of Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar lauded the upcoming PBS series on the national parks, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, at a premiere showing at the Capitol Visitor's Center Thursday evening, March 5.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Good afternoon, everyone! Thank you, Robert, for the introduction and for moderating our roundtable discussion.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS – Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary, ...
