Published by the Department of the Interior Every year, the Interior Department and other land-management agencies make it easier to visit America’s special places by offering free admission to the public lands that charge an entrance fee. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/free-entrance-days-public-lands-2017
Published by the Department of the Interior As America’s storyteller, the National Park Service preserves and interprets important places that teach us about our nation’s history and culture, so that future generations can learn from the past. The many African American heritage sites protected and maintained by the National Park Service honor the contributions African Americans […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Protecting an Arctic icon, honoring Harriet Tubman, saying goodbye to Secretary Jewell Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/video/this-week-interior-january-19-2017
Published by the Department of the Interior In addition to drought contingency actions and updating the water agreement with Mexico, the agreements referenced in the Secretarial Order will maintain significant hydropower production and associated financial support for critical environmental programs, and they will help protect Indian treaty rights and recognized water rights. Read the full article […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Arctic Youth Ambassador program was established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Alaska Region, U.S. Department of the Interior, and U.S. Department of State in partnership with nonprofit partner Alaska Geographic. The ambassadors hail from Alaska and understand the Arctic, its people, and can explain it from a […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Kitty Hawk lease area begins about 24 nautical miles from shore and extends 25.7 nautical miles in a general southeast direction. Its seaward extent ranges from 13.5 nautical miles in the north to .6 of a nautical mile in the south. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-auction-122000-acres-offshore-north-carolina-wind-energy
Published by the Department of the Interior Editor’s note: Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited Baihuashan National Nature Reserve in 2015 for a signing ceremony promoting tourism and strengthening international partnership and collaboration between the U.S. and China. This is a blog authored in Chinese and English by our colleagues at the reserve (in conjunction with Interior) about how the ongoing collaboration […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The settlements, negotiated during the past eight years, were ratified and approved in December 2016 under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-jewell-tribal-leaders-mark-enactment-four-additional-water-rights
Published by the Department of the Interior Building on the Administration’s commitment to protecting places that are culturally and historically significant and that reflect the story of all Americans, President Obama today designated the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument in Birmingham, Ala., the Freedom Riders National Monument in Anniston, Ala. and the Reconstruction Era National Monument […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Forever Business: Interior During the Obama Administration Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/video/forever-business
Published by the Department of the Interior The total funding authorized for these settlements is close to $3 billion, an enormous commitment that improves the quality of life for tribal members on several Indian reservations. Funds will help bring critical infrastructure to provide safe drinking water and support economic development activities for tribes, including hydroelectric power, […]
Published by the Department of the Interior My name is Carter Price, I am of Aleut descent (the Aleuts are the indigenous people from the Aleutian Islands), and I’ve lived in Unalaska, Alaska for 18 years now. As I’ve grown older, I have been able to appreciate where I come from and what it means to […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Scholarship Fund – funded in part by the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations and authorized by the Cobell Settlement – provides financial assistance through scholarships to American Indian and Alaska Native students wishing to pursue post-secondary and graduate education and training. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-transfers-nearly-8-million-cobell-education-scholarship-fund
Published by the Department of the Interior The National Historic Landmarks Program recognizes historic properties of exceptional value to the nation and promotes the preservation efforts of federal, state, and local agencies and Native American tribes, as well as those of private organizations and individuals. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-announces-24-new-national-historic-landmarks
Published by the Department of the Interior The review, based on hundreds of thousands of public comments and prompted by a Secretarial Order issued in 2016, examined concerns about the federal coal program that have been raised by the Government Accountability Office, the Interior Department’s Inspector General, Members of Congress and the public. Read the full […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The Badger-Two Medicine is a 130,000 acre area, bounded by Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. This portion of the Rocky Mountain Front is considered sacred by the Blackfeet Tribe, and is part of a Traditional Cultural District. These characteristics caused Congress to […]
Published by the Department of the Interior When the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program) mailed its first set of purchase offers back in December 2013, to landowners with fractional land interests on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, it was hard to imagine the impact the Program would have across Indian Country. But, after […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The new park commemorates the work of the fearless Underground Railroad conductor during her later years in life, when she was an active proponent of women’s’ suffrage and other causes. The park is located at the site where Tubman lived and worshiped in Auburn, New York, caring for family […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Secretary Jewell will discuss the Obama Administration’s record of progress as it relates to energy, climate change and conservation. Center Director Jason Bordoff will moderate the discussion. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/secretary-jewell-discuss-administrations-record-progress-energy-columbia-universitys
Published by the Department of the Interior The new park will commemorate the work of Harriet Tubman, the fearless Underground Railroad conductor, especially focusing on her later years in life when she was an active proponent of women’s suffrage and other causes. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/secretary-jewell-formally-establish-harriet-tubman-national-historical-park