News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Dull pink cauliflower-like corallimorph anemones are overtaking coral reefs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Central Pacific.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
There is a current outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in numerous wild and commercial bird species across North America. Highly pathogenic avian influenza is different than low pathogenic in that it can be fatal to poultry.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor today completed her first official visit to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) where she met with Governor Albert Bryan and other island leaders to emphasize the agency’s commitment to the people of the territory.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is pleased to announce that the applications for Fiscal Year 2023 funding under the Office’s Technical Assistance Programs can now be submitted to www.Grants.Gov.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides additional funds to the BIA Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience that continues to fund and support Tribal communities and organizations through the annual awards program.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provides funds to dramatically increase fuels treatments and post-wildfire recovery efforts.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development announced grants under two programs that support economic development in Indian Country, the Native American Business Incubators Program and the Native American Business Development Institute Feasibility Study Program.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
This past September, the Timber Team traveled to southern South Dakota to assist the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Forestry Department.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The Department of the Interior today announced that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is making $122.5 million in fiscal year 2022 funding for Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) grants available to eligible states and Tribes.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
As the Department of the Interior commemorates “Legacy Pollution Week,” the agency today announced a $244,904,081 investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AML) in Pennsylvania.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Awards.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The Department of the Interior today announced a $140.75 million investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AML) in West Virginia.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it has finalized two Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico, with the potential to produce enough clean wind energy to power nearly 3 million homes.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) announced the release of a joint strategy to protect and promote the recovery of North Atlantic right whales while responsibly developing offshore wind energy.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced next steps for oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to comply with provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. T
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
In a new development in the pursuit of a clean energy future, the Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Dec. 6, 2022, for areas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off central and northern California.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
It’s no surprise that you feel tired of seeing the news about wildfires across the United States. By now, we’re all familiar with the headlines.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District announced today that it will temporarily close the damsite parking area at Woodcock Creek Lake for necessary maintenance work, beginning Monday, Nov. 7.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
Six public meetings were held during the week of Oct. 24 to present current hydrologic conditions and the planned operation of the Missouri River mainstem reservoir system for the remainder of 2022.
By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District awards Voith Hydro a nearly $50 million contract to modernize the hydropower units at Norfork Dam in Baxter County, Ark.
