News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Main Interior Building - Sidney Yates Auditorium
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today $48.8 million in grants have been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, which provides the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners the ability to purchase, lease or otherwise conserve more than 275,000 ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and senior Department of the Interior officials will join mayors in different cities tomorrow and over the weekend to launch a nationwide effort in 50 U.S. cities to inspire millions of young adults to play, learn, serve and work in the great outdoors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Interior announced a new report by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that shows that 101.6 million Americans-40 percent of the U.S. population 16 years old and older-participated in wildlife-related activities in 2016, such as hunting, fishing, and wildlife-watching.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the Administration's ongoing commitment to Alaska, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell is scheduled to make a multi-day visit to the state later this week. This will be Secretary Jewell's first visit to Alaska in her official capacity; she has been to the state more than a dozen times serving in previous roles, including as an oil and gas engineer, commercial banker and outdoor recreation business leader.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Secretary Of the Interior Ken Salazar has appointed 12 new members to the National Park System Advisory Board. The Board, first authorized in 1935, advises the Secretary and the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) on matters relating to the Service's work.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-On Oct. 1, 2011, the Department of the Interior (DOI) will formally establish two new, independent bureaus – the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) – to carry out the offshore energy management and safety and environmental ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires and subsequent flash flooding in multiple Western states. On June 28, President Obama approved a disaster ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will testify before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday, January 28. The hearing will focus on the importance of solar energy and the development of green jobs while confronting the threat of carbon pollution.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – As part of President Obama's commitment to empowering American Indian tribal nations and strengthening their economies, today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn joined Pueblo of Sandia Governor Victor Montoya to approve one of the first tribal regulations in the nation issued under the newly enacted Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act (HEARTH Act).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. offshore areas hold enormous potential for wind energy development near the nation's highest areas of electricity demand – coastal metropolitan centers, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: VENICE, Louisiana – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today surveyed ongoing response efforts to combat the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, inspecting the four-story cofferdam that will attempt to capture the largest leak from the damaged wellhead; making an aerial survey of containment ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, in recognition of the upcoming centennial of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, the Trump Administration announced the designation of the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, as a National Historic Landmark. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced today that it has awarded more than $25 million in Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) funding to the state of Louisiana. The funding is for the construction of a protective land bridge to safeguard ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: TAHOLAH, Wash. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Taholah, Wash., today, where she discussed the Biden-Harris administration’s historic investments in Tribal communities, including funding for climate resilience projects and broadband internet access.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC – Two federal resource agencies have reached an agreement in principle with ConocoPhillips regarding the company's proposed Alpine Satellite Development Plan (CD-5) in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). The agreement fulfills a request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, DC – In conjunction with the announcement today that the Department of the Interior and the Council on Environmental Quality will review the Minerals Management Service's (MMS) procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act, Interior will also review the process through which offshore oil and gas operations are reviewed under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
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