News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced that the department will restrict its use of categorical exclusions for offshore oil and gas development to activities involving ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that the Department of the Interior's regional Climate Science Centers and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center are awarding nearly $6 million to universities and other partners for 50 new research projects to better prepare communities for impacts of climate change.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: With more 315 million people visiting America’s national parks last year, many roads, bridges, visitor centers, historic buildings, trails, and campgrounds are in need of critical repairs. U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt released a video yesterday highlighting this important issue and President Trump’s support for the Great American Outdoors Act , which would address decades of deferred maintenance at our national parks.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This afternoon, seventy-five local DC students from Thurgood Marshall High School were invited to play on what may be considered the nation's most well-known backyard, the White House South Lawn. As part of the First Lady's Summer South Lawn Series and in celebration of the Let's Move ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced a new online tool for western water managers and the public to help increase accessibility of science-based information and understanding of how climate variations will impact the availability of water to communities. Projected streamflow ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s whole-of-government approach to advancing equity and justice, the Department of the Interior’s 2022 budget proposal contains major investments in initiatives that advance racial equity and tell the stories of historically underrepresented communities and the struggle for civil rights.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Record numbers of visitors to national parks in 2014 translated into $29.7 billion in economic activity that supported nearly 277,000 jobs across the country, according to a report released today by Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation awarded $23,619,391 to communities in seven states for planning, designing and constructing water recycling and re-use projects; developing feasibility studies; and researching desalination and water recycling projects. The funding is part of the Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse program.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Obama Administration officials announced today that they are taking unprecedented steps to reduce the environmental impacts of mountaintop coal mining in the six Appalachian states of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia through a coordinated approach between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of the Interior (DOI) and Army Corps of Engineers.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Nov. 10, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and California Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird will hold a press conference call to announce a major milestone for the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP), an innovative, landscape-level conservation and renewable energy planning effort in California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CUMBERLAND, RI-U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Governor Lincoln Chafee, U.S. Senators Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative David Cicilline for a visit to the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor where they met with community leaders and ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SEATTLE, WA – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today met with representatives of the outdoor recreation industry, Members of Congress, and local leaders for a roundtable discussion on the value of outdoor recreation in generating economic growth and supporting jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes announced today that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has selected eight construction projects in California for funding under WaterSMART's Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program. Together, these two-year projects will receive $11.34 million, which will be leveraged to help fund construction totaling more than $99 million.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced he will propose the prehistoric earthworks of Poverty Point in Louisiana and a collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to be considered as U.S. nominations for the United Nations' World Heritage List.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider and Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze will host a press conference call to announce proposed reforms for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands, focusing on limiting the amount of natural gas wastefully burned and released into the atmosphere.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today released a comprehensive report on bison conservation and management that reaffirms the commitment to work with states, tribes and other partners to promote the restoration of bison to appropriate and well-managed levels on public and tribal lands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood joined Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper today to announce more than $1.7 million in new funding for the Rocky Mountain Greenway. The funding, part of the Federal Transit Administration's Transit in Parks program, will help establish an uninterrupted trail and open space network in the Denver metropolitan area.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Interior announced today a proposal to create an administrative procedure and criteria that the Secretary of the Interior would apply if the Native Hawaiian community forms a unified government that then seeks a formal government-to-government relationship with ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Tomorrow, June 25, 2010, – Secretary Salazar, Governor O'Malley, Senator Cardin, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment Harris Sherman, and EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe will hold a media availability to discuss the upcoming public listening and discussion session in ...
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 reopen public comment on a proposed interim rule, first proposed last November under Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, to manage snowmobile and snowcoach access at Yellowstone National Park for the next two years.