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: DOVER, N.H. – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that a public-private partnership uniting foresters, farmers, birdwatchers, biologists, hunters and other conservationists has saved the New England cottontail from needing protection under ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: PHILADELPHIA – On Saturday, Sept. 26, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis will deliver remarks as part of His Holiness Pope Francis’s visit to Independence Hall, part of Independence National Historical Park.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Asheville, NC - Fish and Wildlife and Parks Assistant Secretary Tom Strickland, National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis and USDA Senior Advisor for Environment and Climate Robert Bonnie today hosted a public listening session as part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative to develop a conservation agenda worthy of the 21st century.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: HONOLULU, HI – On Wednesday, September 4, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver the keynote address at the 12th Annual Native Hawaiian Convention in Honolulu, HI.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo today completed a week-long tour of listening sessions, field visits and meetings with Colorado water managers, interagency partners, and stakeholders across the state. Assistant Secretary Trujillo toured key sites and water projects to discuss drought and other water challenges across the Upper Colorado Basin.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - During the Biden-Harris administration’s first White House Tribal Nations Summit later today, President Biden will announce that the Department of the Interior is taking steps to protect the Chaco Canyon and the greater connected landscape with a rich Tribal and cultural legacy in northwest New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that through continued implementation of Secretarial Order 3362 , “Improving Habitat Quality in Western Big-Game Winter Range and Migration Corridors” $1.5 million in private land habitat projects were approved. The funding and technical support is provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Fish and Wildlife program.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: HOT SPRINGS, SD -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the National Park Service has acquired 5,555 acres of former ranchland, including a thousand-year-old buffalo jump and a historic homestead, that will become part of South Dakota's Wind Cave National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has approved a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted for the Cape Wind Energy Project, which is required before construction may begin on the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today applauded President Obama’s designation of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, the first national monument ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just days before the release of a 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 a project in Washington, D.C., that will be included in the final report - representing what elected ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Thursday, July 16, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider, and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Director Joseph Pizarchik will hold a press conference call to discuss proposed regulations to prevent or minimize impacts to surface water and groundwater from coal mining.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar issued the following statement regarding remarks made at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues by United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Susan E. Rice on April 20, 2010:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho – As part of a broader strategy to aggressively combat wildfires, the U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a Call When Needed contract to four U.S. companies for small-unmanned aircraft systems services. The contract, which is Interior’s first of its kind, will allow the agency to ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt finalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Israeli authorities to support future cooperation and exchanges on biodiversity conservation, protected areas and the protection of cultural and historical heritage. Signed by Secretary ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: New Orleans, LA - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208, held today in New Orleans, attracted $703,048,523 in high bids. The sale was conducted by Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) and had 70 companies submitting 476 bids on 348 tracts comprising over 1.9 million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The sum of all bids received totaled $ 933,649,315.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and American Revolution Center Chair H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest to commemorate the successful completion of a land exchange that will strengthen two iconic National Parks and allow for the creation of the nation's first museum to commemorate the entire story of the American Revolution.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed Secretarial Order 3356, which will support and expand hunting and fishing, enhance conservation stewardship, improve wildlife management, and increase outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans. Secretarial Order 3356 is an ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced an updated oil and gas leasing strategy for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Based on lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Department has raised the bar in the drilling and production stages for equipment, ...
