News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: KANAB, Utah – Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke wrapped-up day three of a four-day listening tour regarding 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
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper today announced the proposal for the nation's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior today welcomed a $100,000 donation from outdoor manufacturer, Thule, in support of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC) , an ongoing national effort to engage the next generation of outdoor stewards by training and employing thousands of America’s young people and veterans to protect, restore, and enhance our nation’s public lands and waters.
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 ramp up efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery. On Friday, President Obama approved a disaster declaration for Colorado providing additional support to state and ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following extensive consultations with American Indian leaders, the Department of the Interior today made a number of announcements related to the significant efforts underway for the purchase of fractional interests in American Indian trust ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – At a signing ceremony today in the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Congressman Hal Rogers formally established Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument in Nancy, Kentucky, as the 421st unit of the National Park System. Mill Springs was the site of the first major victory for the Union Army during the Civil War.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Agriculture 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: American Wind Energy Association, Chicago, Illinois
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the Union Sportsmen's Alliance (USA), an organization representing affiliates and members of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), will sign a Memorandum of Understanding later today stating their ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael Connor today visited the Santa Clara Pueblo in north central New Mexico to meet with tribal officials and tour pueblo lands that have been severely impacted by wildland fire and seasonal flooding.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced that National Park Week – an annual weeklong celebration of America’s national parks – will run from April 17 to April 25. National Park Week encourages the public to explore the vast network of our national parks, sacred sites, and historical landmarks, as well as our shared heritage contained within them.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Date: Oct. 27, 2016. Contacts: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov. David Eisenhauer (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service), david_eisenhauer@fws.gov. MILTON, Del. – On Friday, Oct. 28, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join U.S. Senator Tom Carper at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge to celebrate ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C – On Thursday, April 16, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver remarks highlighting the growing importance of public lands and waters to businesses across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has appointed Steve Doherty, an experienced attorney, former Montana state senator, and recent parks and wildlife commission chair, as Senior Advisor to the Secretary for the Northwest.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Congressman Scott Peters today toured fire damaged areas in San Diego, received a briefing on current fire conditions and continued their calls to reform the way the federal government funds wildfire suppression efforts. The two also highlighted the growing threat of catastrophic wildfires in drought-stricken areas of the West.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, 1-4:30 pm, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will host a forum entitled Natural Gas Hydraulic Fracturing on Public Lands: A Forum Hosted by the Department of the Interior.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Joined by Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett and several hundred schoolchildren on the National Mall, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today signed a Secretarial Order establishing an Office of Youth in Natural Resources at the Department of the Interior.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced the selection of the “Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks” in Ohio-a group of ancient American Indian sites including both Hopewell Culture National Historical Park and related properties owned by the State of Ohio/Ohio History Connection-as a proposed nomination by the United States to the World Heritage List.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOISE, IDAHO – As part of a comprehensive, science-based strategy to address the threat of wildfires that are damaging landscapes across the West, the Department of the Interior today announced ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of 12 bills out of the Health, Communications and Technology, and Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittees...
