News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: NEW YORK – On Friday, June 19, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will attend the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) second “Ivory Crush ” in New York City's Times Square, at which an industrial rock crusher will be used to destroy more than one ton of confiscated ivory.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's comprehensive Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy resources and cut carbon pollution, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – On Monday, Aug. 31, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver remarks at the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Main Interior Building - Yates Auditorium
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input on a commercial-scale wind energy facility that is proposed to be constructed on BLM-managed public land in southern Idaho, approximately 25 miles northeast of Twin Falls. The Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project has the potential to generate 1,000 megawatts of wind energy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: OMAK, WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced today at a roundtable with community members in Omak, Washington that the Department of the Interior (Department) will not move forward with a new Grizzly Bear Restoration Plan for the North Cascades Ecosystem and the associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s full committee markup of 12 pieces of legislation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: EHRENFELD, PA – On Thursday, August 4, 2016, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join federal, state and community leaders in the western Pennsylvania town of Ehrenfeld to break ground on an inaugural coal mine reclamation project to help restore job opportunities for former coal miners, while also eliminating safety hazards and air and stream pollution from abandoned coal mines.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Michael R. Bromwich today announced that the Department is initiating the process to offer the first commercial wind lease under the “Smart from the Start” Atlantic ...
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 North Dakota. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $87.8 million in North Dakota as part of the recovery plan signed ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Director Dr. Charles ‘Monty’ Roessel today joined U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Isleta Pueblo Governor ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: BOISE, ID – On Tuesday, May 19, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Idaho Governor Butch Otter will make a major announcement regarding collaborative strategies to address the intense wildfires that are damaging vital sagebrush landscapes and productive rangelands in the Great Basin region ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SALT LAKE CITY, UT - In keynote remarks at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will discuss her initiative to better connect the next generation to America's great outdoors. Jewell will also highlight the importance of the outdoor recreation industry to both conservation and the economy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - A partnership among Department of the Interior agencies and American Indian communities in North Dakota has spurred a 400 percent increase in revenues from increased domestic energy production over last year – providing substantial economic benefits to the tribal government and individual mineral owners.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited the 49th Annual National Recreational Vehicle (RV) Trade Show today to highlight the economic impact generated by outdoor recreation in the United States -- including opportunities at parks and other scenic and historic places -- and to encourage Americans to take part in growing local economies and creating jobs through tourism, travel and connecting with America's great outdoors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes today announced five additional regional tribal consultations to discuss the land consolidation component of the recent settlement of the Cobell lawsuit. The first of six tribal consultations will be taking place tomorrow in Billings, Montana, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tanya Trujillo has been sworn in as Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science by Secretary Deb Haaland.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced it is seeking public comment by March 19, 2018, on a draft list of minerals considered critical to the economic and national security of the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today presented a Partners in Conservation Award to Glenn R. Harkleroad, the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Coos Bay District Restoration Coordinator in Oregon. Harkleroad has been responsible for many partnerships such as a recent community-based partnership between the Coos Bay District and the Coquille Indian Tribe for the conservation and harvest of bear grass.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary Ken Salazar. Denver, Colorado. Good morning. . Thank you, Governor. It's great to be here with you and with so many friends. . It is fitting that here, today, in Colorado, we are opening a premier example of an America's Great Outdoors urban park and wildlife area. This truly is the gateway to ...
