News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Qatar National Day

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I want to express our warm wishes to the State of Qatar as you celebrate your National Day. I am thankful for our enduring partnership as we address regional and global challenges together, and as we increase cooperation on security, trade, education, and humanitarian...


News Release: Dear Mr. Schumer, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. McConnell, and Mr. McCarthy...


Summer Employment Available at Lake Shelbyville

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Shelbyville is looking for qualified candidates to fill student vacancies for the 2023 summer recreation season.


Mobile District Employees Supporting New Mexico Fire Response

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District has deployed five employees in support of the rebuild from the New Mexico wildfires that occurred during the spring of 2022.


Christmas Trees for Fish Structure at West Point Lake

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at West Point Project will accept real Christmas trees, not artificial trees, for recycling from December 26, 2022, through January 7, 2023.


Secretary of Commerce approves disaster declarations in AK and WA

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced today her determination that fishery disasters occurred in multiple Alaska and Washington fisheries over the last several years, including the Alaska Bristol Bay Red King Crab and Bering Sea Snow Crab fisheries. The Secretary, working with NOAA Fisheries, evaluates fishery disaster requests based on data submitted by a state and/or tribe.


Cold Creek

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.


U.S. Army Fort Wingate Depot Activity announces public interest survey for participation in re-activating a Restoration Advisory Board

The U.S. Army Fort Wingate Depot Activity is conducting a survey to determine if there is enough public interest to re-activate the FWDA Restoration Advisory Board.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) secured passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) as part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 83-11 in the Senate.


USACE conducts boundary line maintenance on Greers Ferry Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Greers Ferry Lake that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 92-mile section of government boundary.


Wyden Statement on European Union Implementing International Tax Reform

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on the European Union directive to implement international tax reform...


Community Celebrates New Building at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

The community of Ridgefield celebrated a new administration and multipurpose building at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge on Friday


New Strategy Aimed at Saving Hawaiʻi Forest Birds

The Department of the Interior today announced a multiagency strategy that seeks to prevent imminent extinction of Hawaiian forest birds imperiled by mosquito-borne avian malaria.


$5,000 Reward Offered for Information on Illegal Killing of Gray Wolf in Klamath County, Oregon

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) related to the death of a federally protected gray wolf in southwest Oregon.


Whitebark pine receives ESA protection as a Threatened species

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing a final action to list the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).


U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks public comment on Environmental Assessment for PG&E’s Potter Valley Project Bald Eagle Nest Removal Permit application

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received an eagle nest removal application from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.


News Release: You Chose: Maryland Marble. As it turns out, you made a better choice than the people in charge. The Army Corps of Engineers initially decided to go with the quarry in Lee, Massachusetts. They wanted to save money. But after building several feet, the difference in color became too great to ignore. There...


News Release: وزارت دادگستری اعلام کرد که پیشگامی دسترسی به خدمات زبانهای خارجی توسط نیروهای انتظامی آغاز شده است. این یک تلاشی است در سراسر کشور برای یاری رساندن به سازمانهای انتظامی تا آنها بتوانند تعهدات خود را در ارائه هدفمند خدمات زبانهای خارجی به افراد کم مهارت در زبان انگلیسی انجام بدهند. این پیشگامی بر تاریخچه طولانی این وزارتخانه گسترش خواهد یافت تا اطمینان حاصل شود که سازمانهای انتظامی تعهدات خود را در رابطه با دسترسی به خدمات زبانهای خارجی انجام می دهند.


Tiehm’s buckwheat listed as an endangered species; critical habitat designated in Nevada

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is publishing its final rule listing Tiehm’s buckwheat as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.


U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launches Center for Pollinator Conservation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched the Center for Pollinator Conservation to address the decline of pollinator populations across North America