News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs John Tahsuda announced today that the Department of the Interior has signed an agreement with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon to guide implementation of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above strategy for American energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne Castle announced today that the department has identified 373 existing Bureau of Reclamation canals and conduits that have the combined potential of generating an additional 365,219 megawatt-hours of hydropower annually.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Steve Ellis, U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and James Risch, local stakeholders and ranchers to see first-hand efforts to conserve the sagebrush habitat that supports wildlife, outdoor recreation and other economic activity throughout the West.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will lead a high-level U.S. government delegation-comprised of senior officials from the White House, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Agency for International Development-to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Session with Forum Dialogue Partners on September 4, 2018 in Nauru.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has finalized the first federal land allotments as part of the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veteran Land Allotment Program.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved funding that will conserve more than 6,200 acres of habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife on seven units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DENVER - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today hosted a public listening session on how to better conserve our nation's land, water and wildlife and open up more opportunities for Americans to enjoy outdoor recreation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: COMMERCE CITY, CO - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar toured Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge today to inspect construction and maintenance projects that possibly could be funded under President Obama's recovery and reinvestment plan to create jobs and economic growth while benefitting the refuge and its wildlife.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. –Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified 27 water reclamation and reuse projects that will share in a total of $134.3 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - Flanked by members of Alaska’s energy sector and elected officials at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association annual conference, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today signed a secretarial order to jump-start Alaskan energy production ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Director Dan Ashe today announced $16.5 million in grants to support 21 critical coastal wetland projects in 12 states and Puerto Rico under the National Coastal Grants Wetlands Conservation Grants Program.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling on DOI's request for clarification of the Court's earlier decision to vacate the 2007-2012 Outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas leasing program:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, Nov. 20, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Mike Connor will host a news media teleconference to discuss the year-to-date accomplishments and next schedule for the continued implementation of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: LAKEVIEW, OR – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Deputy Director Steve Ellis today visited the BLM's Lakeview District as part of their continued commitment to work with partners to restore and conserve the sagebrush landscape that is critical to the health of many species of wildlife, including the greater sage-grouse, as well as to traditional land uses and economic development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Orginally Published by: The Washington Times
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Washington, D.C.: Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet will tour National Mall and Memorial Parks with returned Peace Corps volunteers who now serve as National Park Service rangers. . Additional logistical details will be provided in the coming days.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MEXICO CITY – U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Mexican Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada today announced the successful completion of an agreement, known as ‘Minute 318,' to adjust water deliveries on the Colorado River to areas damaged by a devastating earthquake on April 4, 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: PORTLAND, Oregon – On Wednesday, February 5, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy Beaudreau to make an announcement regarding an innovative effort to tap into the vast offshore wind energy resources along the West Coast.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today issued the following statement regarding President Obama's nomination of Harris Sherman to be Under Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment at the United States Department of Agriculture:
