News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON. Roche Harbor Trails. The 9.1 miles of trails at Roche Harbor Resort on San Juan Island link a variety of natural features and cultural resources including open pastures, Northwest forests, water views, wildlife habitats, pond-filled quarries, restored nineteenth-century lime kilns, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today launched a Fiscal Year 2010 work plan for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forests in western Oregon that will add economic certainty for local communities while protecting endangered species.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SEATTLE, WA. – On Thursday, April 24, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will provide keynote remarks at a tribal summit organized by U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-6) and hosted by the Suquamish Tribe at the Port Madison Indian Reservation on Bainbridge Island. The Secretary will also meet with individual tribal leaders and tour the Suquamish hatchery and seafood plant with Tribe Chairman Leonard Forsman.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios and U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy in unveiling the first five “America the Beautiful” quarters. The quarters feature America's four oldest national parks – Hot Springs, Yellowstone, Yosemite and Grand Canyon – and Mount Hood National Forest.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SALEM, OR – Governor John Kitzhaber, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce Kathryn Sullivan, California Resources Secretary John Laird, Klamath Tribal Chair Don Gentry, and members of the Klamath Basin Task Force will gather on Friday, April 18, for the official signing of the historic Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the United States is nominating the San Antonio Missions, consisting of most of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park as well as the Alamo, for inclusion on the World Heritage List, which recognizes the most significant cultural and natural sites on the planet.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior today announced it is part of an agreement reached that will allow for the continued delivery of electricity from the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) in Arizona while achieving significant air pollution reductions.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff today signed an agreement that clarifies their agencies' jurisdictional responsibilities for leasing and licensing renewable energy projects on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. The Memorandum of Understanding clears the way for developing wind, solar, wave, tidal and ocean current energy sources.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON. Washington - A February 28 operation on the Spokane Reservation in Washington also resulted in the seizure of more than $200,000 worth of heroin and methamphetamine and two non-Indian subjects were arrested. On March 13, 2019, BIA Drug Enforcement, DEA, US Border Patrol and Mattawa Police ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: KIRKLAND, Wash. – On Saturday, Oct. 22, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Google Executive Eric Young will make an important announcement related to the Every Kid in a Park initiative and the National Park Foundation’s Open OutDoors for Kids program. The Open OutDoors for Kids program ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Date: Nov. 18, 2016. Contacts: Interior_press@ios.doi.gov. Mike Illenberg; Mike.Illenberg@oc.usda.gov . PRAY, Mont. – On Monday Nov. 21, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Under Secretary of Agriculture Robert Bonnie, U.S. Senator Jon Tester, and Governor Steve Bullock to make ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -The White House today announced the intent to nominate Martha Williams as Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Martha has been serving as Principal Deputy Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service since Jan. 20, 2021, exercising the delegable authority of the Director. The nomination will now be considered by the U.S. Senate.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke met with Governor Kenneth Mapp of the United States Virgin Islands to discuss hurricane response and recovery.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced $1.1 billion in annual funding for state wildlife agencies from revenues generated by the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration acts. State-by-state listings of the final Fiscal year 2017 apportionments of Wildlife Restoration Program fund can be found here and the Sport Fish Restoration Program fund here.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: DETROIT, MI – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join Sen. Carl Levin in hosting a meeting Friday morning with economic development, real estate and design professionals and other stakeholders to discuss ways in which the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program can help spark development ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, at the Department of the Interior headquarters in Washington, D.C., President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, signed the Antiquities Act Executive Order. The order directs Zinke to consult local governments and tribes ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SEATTLE, WA- Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today sought out the latest research on climate change in the Pacific Northwest in a roundtable with leading scientists and stakeholders from around the region convened at the University of Washington. She highlighted Interior's role in the President's Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution, move the economy toward cleaner energy sources and prepare communities for the impacts of climate change.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Honolulu, Hawaii -- Hundreds of conservation managers, marine scientists, conservation activists, political leaders and policy makers helped celebrate two globally significant milestones for Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument today at the Hawaii Convention Center.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill
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 ...
