News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the creation of the International Wildlife Conservation Council. The Council will provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior. It will focus on increased public awareness domestically regarding conservation, wildlife law enforcement, and economic benefits that result from U.S. citizens traveling abroad to hunt.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) – On Monday, July 10, the formal public comment period closed for the review of national monuments. More than 1.2 million comments were received on Regulations.gov and thousands more were received via traditional mail. Twenty-seven national monuments designated since Jan. 1, 1996 that ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today that 53.6 million people visited national wildlife refuges in 2017, which had an economic impact of $3.2 billion on local communities and supported more than 41,000 jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: CRATER LAKE, OR – On Saturday, April 19, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will kick off National Park Week with a visit to Crater Lake National Park, highlighting this year's “Go Wild!” theme that encourages people to connect with the nation's natural, historic, and cultural heritage through events and programs at 401 national park units across the country. National Park Week runs from April 19 to April 27.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar mark the 160th Anniversary of the Department of the Interior in a ceremony at Interior Headquarters.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: OTTAWA, CANADA – On Wednesday, April 27, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will make her first official visit to Canada to continue momentum from Prime Minister Trudeau’s March 10 visit to Washington, DC on our two nations’ shared commitments to support indigenous communities, strengthen conservation cooperation and advance Arctic priorities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PARIS, France – As part of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell kicked off the week by delivering remarks and leading a panel discussion on what the United States is doing to help prepare communities and the ecosystems they depend on for the impacts of climate ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Intertribal Timber Council. As climate change propels larger, costlier and more complex wildfires, this agreement emphasizes the importance of collaborating on wildland fire management across departmental and Tribal lands. The MOU was announced during the Intertribal Timber Council Board of Director’s September quarterly meeting.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: NEW YORK - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has seen travel volume increase during holidays and the TSA teams in the New York City region are prepared to handle the increase in the number of individuals planning to fly during the days leading up to Thanksgiving.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar issued the following statement regarding a decision today in U.S. District Court regarding the deepwater drilling moratorium:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Donald J. Trump’s Proclamation declaring June 2018 as National Ocean Month underscores the reasons for Interior’s robust role in conserving and developing ocean resources, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke noted at the beginning of month-long observances.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Department Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today announced nearly $17 million in funding over the next three years for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology. Sixteen projects in 11 states were ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its guidance to implement Secretary’s Order 3376, Increasing Recreational Opportunities Through the Use of Electric Bikes, which will allow the use of low-speed electric bicycles (e-bikes) at national wildlife refuges and other DOI-managed ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting Ben Rhodes, and representatives from environmental and conservation groups on Monday, September 9th in a White House Forum to Counter Wildlife Trafficking where the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking will be announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced on Bloomberg that the Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) disbursed $11.69 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 from energy production on federal and American Indian-owned lands and offshore areas. This ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today presented the Secretary of the Interior's Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award to Henry L. Diamond, one of the architects of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, for six decades of dedicated service to conservation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – To honor groundbreaking earthquake research by U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Dr. Lucile “Lucy” Jones, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will present Jones with the prestigious Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) at an awards ceremony this evening at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced its success in reducing the Department's regulatory burden in support of and compliance with President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13771 on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs. Interior has been a leader in the Trump ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
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