News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today welcomed American Latino leaders from across the country at the White House American Latino Heritage Forum. During the day-long forum, high-ranking Administration Officials and Latino community leaders and scholars worked to identify avenues through which the story of the American Latino can be told in a more complete and inclusive way.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Standing with members of the New Mexico congressional delegation, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that a diverse group of federal, state and local partners and conservation groups supported by the Land and Water Conservation Fund have made it possible to acquire the lands needed to complete the 570-acre Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, the Southwest's first urban national wildlife refuge.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that he will establish an Office of Youth to provide Department-wide leadership for programs to educate, engage and employ youth.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that Adam Fetcher will join his communications team as Press Secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Since 2009, Fetcher has served in the public affairs office of the Department of Homeland Security, most recently as Assistant Press Secretary.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Following a meeting with Alaska Natives from King Cove, Alaska and in response to concerns raised by the Alaska delegation, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is seeking additional information and has directed additional government-to-government consultation to inform a pending decision concerning the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Land Exchange/Road Corridor as directed under the 2009 Omnibus Land Act.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that the Department will offer 73 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development. The proposed region-wide lease sale scheduled for Aug. 16, 2017 would include all available unleased areas in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today presented a Partners in Conservation Award to the Rat Island Restoration Project for their work to eradicate rats and restore biological diversity to a 6,681-acre island in the Aleutian Chain, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just days before the release of a 50-state report outlining some of 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 Wisconsin that will be included in the final report - representing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Davis, W.V. – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt toured the construction of a new multi-use facility at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge with West Virginia Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: MEXICO CITY – On November 12-13, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally will travel to Mexico City, Mexico leading the U.S. delegation to the 2015 Ministerial Summit of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). GEO is co-chaired by China, the European Commission, South Africa and the United States. The Ministerial ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Interior Department is seeking nominations for membership on the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday and Tuesday, April 6-7, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will visit Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in Georgia and the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park to highlight the need to fully-fund and reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released the results of a comprehensive, public review of the Nation’s federal coal program. The review, based on hundreds of thousands of public comments and prompted by a Secretarial Order issued in 2016, examined ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo issued the following statement on the lifting of international travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers: “The travel and tourism industry is a vital part of the American economy, providing millions of jobs to Americans, supporting local businesses, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: MOOSE, WYO. – On Friday, Dec. 16, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Wyoming Governor Matt Mead to celebrate the recent purchase and permanent protection of a 640-acre parcel of Wyoming School Trust Land located within Grand Teton National Park. The celebration marks the final stop on Secretary Jewell’s cross-country tour highlighting progress the nation has made during the last eight years to protect our nation’s lands, waters and wildlife.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced the members of the Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee, a permanent advisory body of the nation's leading scientific, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar told Native Alaska representatives today that he is launching a comprehensive review of the Department's subsistence management policies and programs on federal lands to make them work more effectively to meet the needs of Native Alaskan communities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - After thorough environmental analysis and substantial opportunity for public input, the Department of the Interior today issued a Record of Decision affirming Chukchi Sea OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 and the remaining oil and gas leases issued in 2008 as a result of the sale.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS- Today the Obama Administration provided final details for the Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale announced by President Obama in January 2012, as part of his administration's ongoing focus on expanding safe and responsible production of our domestic energy sources. Secretary of the Interior ...
