News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland signed the Confederated Salish and Kootenai-Montana Compact (“Compact”), formally executing the Montana Water Rights Protection Act (“Settlement Act”) enacted by Congress on Dec. 21, 2020. Together, these actions pave the way to improving the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes’ access to water within the Flathead Reservation and restoring and protecting vital Tribal resources.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: BALTIMORE, MD – As part of President Obama's comprehensive plan to move our economy toward domestic clean energy sources and begin to slow the effects of climate change, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Governor Martin O'Malley and others for an important announcement on progress for wind leasing offshore Maryland.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump's State of the Union Address.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the establishment of a new departmental law enforcement task force to implement the highest standards for protecting the public and provide necessary policy guidance, resources, and training to agency personnel. With a focus on equity ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – In a visit today to Oklahoma City, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar outlined the economic importance of U.S. energy production and called the public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) “one of the nation's greatest assets – both economically and environmentally.”
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOISE, Idaho – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue joined forces in Boise, Idaho, today at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) for a tour and briefing on the upcoming wildfire season. Following the events, the secretaries ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today met with the Mexican Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada and the Mexican Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhán to hear more about Mexico's priorities for bilateral environmental cooperation with the Department of the Interior.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A report by the Department of the Interior Inspector General on ethical lapses at the Minerals Management Service (MMS) between 2000 and 2008 highlights the importance of Interior's ongoing agenda to reform the agency and of new ethics reforms implemented in early 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, chaired by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, today approved $24.6 million in grants for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and its partners to conserve or restore more than 176,000 acres of wetland and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds and other birds in 18 states throughout the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: New York, NY -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island will undergo a $27.25 million renovation that includes long-planned safety and other critical facility renovations beginning in late October.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SHELTER COVE, Calif. – On Saturday, June 20, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) National Conservation Lands , which encompass 874 units and more than 30 million acres of public land across the nation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced improvements to the implementing regulations of the Endangered Species Act.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released the following statement on the Gulf Coast Task Force's submission today of a preliminary strategy for Gulf Coast ecosystem restoration for public review:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined First Lady Mrs. Michelle Obama, Mrs. Laura W. Bush and Governor Edward Rendell, in honoring the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93 and all those who lost their lives on September 11th.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper today announced a major step in spurring wind energy development in federal waters offshore New York.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to honor relationships with Indigenous communities and uphold trust responsibilities, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves today announced the transfer of an 80-acre parcel of surplus federal ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Departments of the Interior and Justice applauded the final approval by U.S. Senior District Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the settlement of Cobell v. Salazar, a long-running and contentious individual American Indian trust class-action lawsuit. The court's approval of the $3.4 ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a teleconference on Wednesday, June 26, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes will join scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to release the first-ever detailed national geologic carbon sequestration assessment. The assessment comes on the heels of a national plan to combat climate change announced earlier today by President Obama.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - This morning, the Committee of Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies is marking up the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2020. This statement is in response to their markup:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK, NY – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will propose to list the Burmese python and eight other large constrictor snakes that threaten the Everglades and other sensitive ecosystems as “injurious wildlife” under the Lacey Act.