Published by the Department of the Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor at Hurricane Ridge with representatives from Olympic National Park, USGS, and Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/photos/deputy-secretary-connor-marks-anniversary-elwha-river-restoration-project
Published by the Department of the Interior America’s public lands give us so much. To inspire you give back to parks by volunteering, we’re laying out our favorite things about public lands. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/why-we-love-americas-public-lands
Published by the Department of the Interior Interior’s blue portfolio includes more than 35,000 miles of coastline and 34 million acres in 88 marine and coastal National Parks, including many of America’s favorite beaches from Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras to the Golden Gate National Recreational Area and beyond to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Read the […]
Published by the Department of the Interior Remembering Flight 93, promoting renewable energy, saving rhinos Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/video/this-week-interior-september-16-2016
Published by the Department of the Interior Established in 1998 by a Presidential Executive Order, the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force’s mission is to lead, coordinate, and strengthen U.S. government actions to better preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/us-coral-task-force-meeting-guam-and-saipan-will-highlight-efforts-alleviate-impacts
Published by the Department of the Interior The California Coastal National Monument protects thousands of off-shore rocks, reefs, islands, and pinnacles which, beyond providing stunning scenery, serve as a haven for seabirds and marine mammals. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/interior-department-join-representative-lois-capps-public-meeting-hear-communitys
Published by the Department of the Interior The project is the 60th renewable energy project approved for federally administered land since 2009 as part of a Department-wide effort to advance smart development of renewable energy on our nation’s public lands. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-jewell-approves-utility-scale-solar-project-tribal-land-nevada
Published by the Department of the Interior The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument includes two areas: one that includes four undersea mountains – Bear, Mytilus, Physalia, and Retriever; and an area that includes three undersea canyons – Oceanographer, Lydonia, and Gilbert that cut deep into the continental shelf. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretaries-pritzker-jewell-applaud-presidents-designation-northeast-canyons-and
Published by the Department of the Interior The finalization of the DRECP is the result of an eight year process of extensive public participation, which included collaboration among the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Energy Commission, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and countless other stakeholders. The planning effort began in […]
Published by the Department of the Interior To foster tribal energy self-sufficiency and advance economic competitiveness, Interior conducted a sweeping reform of federal surface leasing regulations for American Indian lands that streamlines the approval process for home ownership and spurs renewable energy development in Indian Country. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/secretary-jewell-announce-major-milestone-renewable-energy-development-tribal-lands
Published by the Department of the Interior Fifteenth Anniversary of 9/11 at the Flight 93 National Memorial Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/video/remembering-flight-93
Published by the Department of the Interior In just eight short years, renewable energy on America’s public lands has gone from zero to hero — generating domestic clean energy, cutting carbon pollution and creating good-paying jobs here at home. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/powering-renewable-energy-public-lands
Published by the Department of the Interior For every Hoover Dam that continues to provide benefits like water supply or clean energy, there are thousands of obsolete, abandoned and dangerous dams choking our waterways. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/blog/obsolete-dams-are-hazard-people-and-wildlife-were-working-together-remove-them
Published by the Department of the Interior U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will make a major announcement surrounding Phase I of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, an innovative, landscape-level renewable energy and conservation planning effort covering 10 million acres of public lands management by the Bureau of Land Management in the California desert. […]
Published by the Department of the Interior A statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Army and the Department of the Interior regarding Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/joint-statement-department-justice-department-army-and-department-interior-regarding
Published by the Department of the Interior U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will begin a three-state renewable energy tour tomorrow to make several announcements about efforts to support renewable energy on public lands and waters. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/secretary-jewell-make-major-renewable-energy-announcements-three-state-tour
Published by the Department of the Interior The Buy-Back Program implements the land consolidation component of the Cobell Settlement, which provided $1.9 billion to purchase fractional interests in trust or restricted land from willing sellers at fair market value within 10 years. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-signs-agreements-three-additional-tribes-implement-land-buy-back
Published by the Department of the Interior On Sunday, September 11, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver remarks at the Flight 93 National Memorial Visitor Center honoring the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93 on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/secretary-jewell-deliver-remarks-flight-93-national-memorial-september-11
Published by the Department of the Interior Removal of the 150-foot-long dam built in 1889 will reduce the risk of dam failure and upstream flooding, protect human safety and restore access to one mile of habitat for migratory fish species including eels, herring, American shad, and striped bass. Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/mediaadvisories/secretary-jewell-join-state-partners-hughesville-dam-removal-project-musconetcong
Published by the Department of the Interior Portland school librarian Erin Fitzpatrick-Bjorn is teaching her students about history and nature by bringing national parks into the classroom through Every Kid in a Park. The program gives every fourth grader in America a free pass to visit public lands and waters nationwide. Read the full article […]