News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Original release of March 22, 2011 revised to add clarification. See below:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today praised President Obama's intent to nominate Estevan López, a professional engineer with over two decades of experience in water resource management, to serve as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation -- the largest wholesale water supplier ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt is awarding more than $20 million to 22 projects in 11 coastal states to protect, restore or enhance more than 7,000 acres of coastal wetlands and adjacent upland habitats under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, President Donald J. Trump delivered a speech outlining his priority to deliver tax reform to the American people. The following statement can be attributed to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior issued the following statement regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The White House today announced the intent to nominate the following officials to serve at the Department of the Interior:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the National Park Service will begin a “special resource study” of sites that are significant to the life of César E. Chávez and the farm labor movement in the western United States. Secretary Salazar and Secretary Hilda L. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department of the Interior's projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Maine. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $14 million in Maine as part of the recovery plan signed by the President to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st Century.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC--Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Department of the Interior is seeking nominations for appointment to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – High-volume water releases from Glen Canyon Dam can increase sandbar area and volume, but may also result in large increases in non-native rainbow trout downstream of the dam, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report released today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today approved a new Constitution for the Cherokee Nation that explicitly ensures the protection of the political rights and citizenship of all Cherokee citizens, including the Cherokee Freedmen. Cherokee law directs that changes to their Constitution be approved by the Department of the Interior.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell welcomed President Obama’s designation of the Waco Mammoth Site as one of the nation’s newest national monuments, permanently protecting the site where the extremely well-preserved fossils of a herd of Columbian Mammoths and other Ice Age animals have been found.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – A talented young artist from Johns Creek, Ga., has taken top honors at the National Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. An emperor goose painted by 18-year-old Rayen Kang will grace the 2018-2019 Junior Duck Stamp, which raises funds to educate and engage our nation’s youth in wildlife and wetlands conservation, and outdoor recreation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a list of accomplishments that the Department has achieved under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. The accomplishments represent the unique balance of development, conservation, and ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The final action allows for the development ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La. – Top federal officials met today with the trustees overseeing the natural resource damage assessment for the Gulf of Mexico to discuss the on-going response efforts to the BP oil spill and to reiterate the Administration's commitment to long-term Gulf Coast restoration and recovery.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today announced joint scientific research projects that address the effects of climate change on freshwater systems and sensitive aquatic species in the northwestern and southeastern United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, March 20, 2015, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will announce the latest in a series of commonsense reforms to ensure that domestic energy resources on public lands are produced safely and responsibly. Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider and Director of the Bureau of Land Management Neil Kornze will join the Secretary in the media teleconference.
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 West Virginia that will be included in the final report ...
