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05/07/2009 Secretary Salazar Presents Partners in Conservation Awards
05/07/2009 $12 Billion Interior Budget Focuses on New Energy Frontier, Climate Impacts, America’s Treasured Landscapes, a 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps, and Native American Communities
05/06/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Salazar, Menendez, Members of New York and New Jersey Congressional Delegation and Others to Discuss Recovery Money for Ellis Island
05/06/2009 Interior Department Awards $6 Million Grant for East Grand Terre Island Restoration. Plaquemines Parish receives grant in combination with previous CIAP award
05/05/2009 Secretary Salazar Pledges to Open Four Renewable Energy Permitting Offices, Create Renewable Energy Teams
05/04/2009 Skibine Announces Indian Affairs Recovery Act Regional Allocations
05/04/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Keynote WINDPOWER 2009 Conference in Chicago
05/04/2009 Vice President Biden, Secretary Salazar, and Senator Carper Underscore Renewable Energy Potential on Outer Continental Shelf
05/02/2009 Salazar Announces $305 Million Economic Stimulus Investment through the Bureau of Land Management to Restore Landscapes, Develop Renewable Energy, and Create Jobs
05/01/2009 Secretary Praises President's Intent to Nominate Wilma Lewis as Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
05/01/2009 Secretary Salazar Highlights Public Lands Projects, Job Creation in Utah During Visit to Salt Lake City - More than $107 Million under President’s Economic Recovery Plan
05/01/2009 Landmark U.S. Geological Survey Study Demonstrates How Methylmercury, Known to Contaminate Seafood, Originates in the Ocean
04/30/2009 Secretary Lauds Senate's Confirmation of Tom Strickland as Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks
04/30/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Highlight Economic Stimulus, Public Lands Projects in Visit to Utah
04/30/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Announce BLM Projects Funded by Recovery Act
04/28/2009 Interior Spokeswoman Says Secretary Salazar to visit Nevada at Invitation of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid
04/28/2009 Salazar and Locke Restore Scientific Consultations under the Endangered Species Act to Protect Species and their Habitats
04/28/2009 Secretary Salazar Creates New Office of Youth at Interior
04/28/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Salazar to Visit Philly to Discuss First 100 Days in Office Will meet with Employees, tour Liberty Bell and Independence Hall
04/27/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to Address Interior Employees around the Nation
04/27/2009 Salazar Moves to Withdraw 11th Hour Mountaintop Coal Mining Rule
04/26/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces $280 Million Investment at Wildlife Refuges and Hatcheries to Create Jobs, Improve Facilities, and Promote Conservation
04/25/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces $500 Million in Indian Country Economic Recovery Projects
04/24/2009 Secretary Salazar and Montana Leaders to Hold Press Conference in Helena, Montana on Sunday
04/24/2009 Secretary Salazar to Visit North Dakota, Meet State and Tribal Leaders, Announce Indian Affairs Economic Recovery Projects
04/22/2009 President Obama, Secretary Salazar Announce Framework for Renewable Energy Development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
04/22/2009 Secretary Salazar Clears Way to Expand Water Supplies in the California Drought Water Bank. Will Help Stretch Water Resources in Central Valley
04/22/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces $750 Million Investment to Restore and Protect America’s National Parks, Create Jobs More than 750 Park Projects to Receive Funding Under President’s Economic Recovery Plan
04/21/2009 Secretary Salazar to Mark Earth Day by Announcing Recovery Act Investments at Hundreds of National Parks
04/20/2009 Secretary Salazar: Coastal States to Share $500 million in Next Two Years from Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Revenues
04/20/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Connecting Underserved Youth to Nature. Secretary Salazar Opens Parks in Focus Exhibit at Interior Museum
04/17/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Interior Department Issues Statement on Today’s U.S. Court of Appeals Ruling on 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Plan
04/17/2009 Secretary Salazar Joins New Mexico Congressional Leaders to Highlight Benefits to New Mexico of Omnibus Public Lands Act
04/17/2009 Secretary Salazar, Navajo President Shirley Confer on Water, Education and Job-Creation Projects
04/16/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces $12.5 Million Investment in New Mexico Water Infrastructure as Part of Economic Recovery Plan
04/15/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces Recovery Act Funds to Upgrade Earthquake Networks
04/15/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar, Senators Bingaman and Udall To Highlight Benefits to New Mexico in Public Lands Act
04/15/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces $50 Million Economic Recovery Investment in America’s Water Infrastructure
04/15/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces $260 Million in Economic Recovery Investments to Help California Address Long-Term Water Supply Challenges and Devastating Drought Conditions
04/14/2009 Secretary Salazar, Joined by Gov. Schwarzenegger, to Announce Economic Recovery Investments in Nation’s Water Infrastructure Following Tour of Sacramento Delta
04/14/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY -Interior Museum Hosts Lecture and Related Exhibit on Biodiversity: An Introduction to the Tapestry of Life
04/13/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar and Members of Congress to Announce Investment in Earthquake Monitoring Under Economic Stimulus Program
04/13/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Host Regional Meeting in Anchorage on Energy Development of U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
04/10/2009 Secretary Salazar Lauds President’s Intent to Nominate Larry EchoHawk as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
04/10/2009 Secretary Salazar Appoints Deanna Archuleta Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
04/10/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces Department of Interior Economic Stimulus Projects: USGS Investments Underscore Commitment to “Best Science”
04/10/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Hold Teleconference Today to Announce First Interior Department Stimulus Projects and to Preview Alaska Travel
04/09/2009 Secretary Salazar, FERC Chairman Wellinghoff Sign Agreement to Spur Renewable Energy on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
04/09/2009 Salazar Joins Congressional Delegation, Local Leaders To Dedicate Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Area
04/07/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar and Congressional Leaders to Celebrate Public Lands in Colorado and Dedicate Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness
04/07/2009 Secretary Salazar Names Ned Farquhar Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
04/07/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Hold New Orleans Regional Meeting on Energy Development of U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
04/03/2009 New USGS Study Documents Rapid Disappearance of Antarctica’s Ice Shelves
04/03/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar will Join Governor Jon Corzine and U.S. Senator Robert Menendez at Tour of New Jersey Wind Farm
04/02/2009 Secretary Salazar to Launch Regional Meetings on Energy Development of U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
04/02/2009 Secretary Salazar: U.S. Offshore Wind Resources Could Lead America’s Clean-Energy Revolution
04/01/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Address 25X’25 America’s Energy Future. Will Discuss USGS-MMS Report on Outer Continental Shelf Energy Resour
03/31/2009 Secretary Salazar Lauds President Obama’s Intent to Nominate Anne Castle as Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
03/30/2009 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s Remarks at Today’s Presidential Signing of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009
03/27/2009 Interior Department and its Agencies Assist Citizens Threatened by Midwest Floods
03/26/2009 Secretary Salazar Joins Australia’s Prime Minister And Secretary of Agriculture in Lauding Wildland Firefighters
03/26/2009 Secretary Salazar Commends President’s Intention to Nominate Rhea S. Suh as Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget
03/26/2009 Secretary Salazar Applauds President’s Intention to Nominate Hilary Tompkins to be Interior Department Solicitor
03/26/2009 Salazar Expects More than 1 Million Visitors to Celebrate Annual Rite of Spring at National Cherry Blossom Festival
03/25/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Hold Press Conference To Highlight Upcoming Cherry Blossom Festival
03/24/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - **Note time change ** - Secretary Salazar, Rep. Rahall and other House Members to Hold Press Conference Following Vote on Omnibus Public Lands Bill
03/23/2009 Secretary Salazar: $25 Million for Gulf States and Counties from 2007-08 Bonus Bids and Rents on OCS Energy Leases
03/23/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar, USGS Scientists to Conduct Media Teleconference at 1:30 EST on Eruption of Redoubt Volcano in Alaska
03/19/2009 Secretary Salazar Releases Study Showing Widespread Declines in Bird Populations, Highlights Role of Partnerships in Conservation
03/19/2009 Salazar Addresses the American Petroleum Institute's Board of Directors
03/18/2009 Secretary Salazar Commends President Obama's Intention to Nominate Michael L. Connor to Lead the Bureau of Reclamation
03/18/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Release Major Study of America's Bird Populations
03/18/2009 Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 208 Attracts $ 703,048,523 in High Bids
03/18/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY -Secretary Salazar to Host Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale in New Orleans, Tour Offshore Platform, Hold Community Forum on Land & Water Conservation Fund
03/17/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces Bid Totals for Tomorrow's MMS Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale
03/17/2009 Interior and FERC Announce Agreement on Offshore Renewable Energy Development
03/16/2009 New Science Gauges Potential to Store CO2
03/16/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Interior Insular Affairs to Hold Teleconference on Business Opportunities in the Islands Conference
03/16/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - WEDNESDAY: Secretary Salazar to Host Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale in New Orleans, Tour Offshore Platform, Hold Community Forum on Land & Water Conservation Fund
03/16/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Testify on Energy Policy Priorities
03/16/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces 2009 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Schedule
03/13/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Hold Teleconference Previewing Testimony to Senate Energy Committee and Participation in Oil and Gas Lease Sale
03/12/2009 Secretary Salazar Meets with Palau President Toribiong
03/11/2009 Secretary Salazar Issues Order to Spur Renewable Energy Development on U.S. Public Lands
03/11/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces $26 Million for Wetlands Grants, Nearly $12 Million for Refuge Acquisitions Benefiting Migratory Waterfowl
03/11/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces Schedule of Regional Meetings On Energy Development of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
03/11/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Make Announcement on Renewable Energy Policy for Interior
03/10/2009 Salazar Names Land Conservation Leader Will Shafroth Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
03/09/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces Web-Based Clearinghouse to Simplify Energy Permitting on Tribal Lands
03/06/2009 Secretary Salazar Affirms Decision to Delist Gray Wolves in Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern Rockies
03/05/2009 Secretary Salazar Lauds Upcoming Ken Burns' PBS Series on National Parks
03/05/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Hold 'Pen and Pad' Media Roundtable
03/05/2009 Secretary Salazar Names Investment and Management Specialist Chris Henderson to Serve as Interior Recovery Czar
03/04/2009 Secretary Salazar: Recovery Plan to Create Jobs, Stimulate Economic Activity in Indian Country
03/03/2009 Secretary to Address National Congress of American Indians and Council of Energy Resource Tribes
03/03/2009 President Obama, Secretary Salazar Lead Celebration of Interior's 160th Anniversary
03/03/2009 Secretary Salazar Meets with Mexican Leaders
03/02/2009 Sen. Kim Elton Chosen for Interior Director of Alaska Affairs
02/27/2009 Interior Department Statement on Carcieri Court Decision
02/27/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to Address Youth Leaders on Climate Change Tonight
02/26/2009 Secretary Salazar and Secretary Vilsack Pledge Coordinated Federal Response to California Drought
02/26/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces Top Communications Appointments
02/26/2009 Statement by Secretary Salazar on Closing of the Rocky Mountain News
02/26/2009 President Recommends $12 Billion for Interior in Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal
02/25/2009 Secretary of the Interior Salazar Highlights Administration Plans to Help Protect Coral Reefs
02/25/2009 Secretary Salazar to Offer a New Round of Oil Shale Research, Development and Demonstration Leases
02/25/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Make Announcement Today on Oil Shale Research and Development Leases
02/24/2009 Secretary Salazar Announces Transfer of Historic Lighthouse to the City of Chicago
02/24/2009 Secretary Convenes White House Interagency Group on Insular Affairs; U.S. Island Governors and Delegates Discuss Priorities
02/23/2009 Secretary Salazar Lauds President Obama's Intention To Nominate Tom Strickland for Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks
02/23/2009 Secretary Salazar Highlights Role of Interior Department In Developing Renewable Energy and 21st Century Transmission Grid
02/20/2009 Salazar Begins Rapid, Responsible Implementation of Interior's $3 Billion in Economic Recovery Plan
02/15/2009 Secretary Salazar Tours Great Sand Dunes National Park To Highlight Thousands of Potential Jobs for Colorado in Economic Recovery Package
02/13/2009 Secretary Salazar: Interior Deploys Firefighters to Assist Australia with Raging Wildland Fires
02/13/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Visit Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve to Discuss Benefits of Economic Recovery Act
02/12/2009 Secretary Salazar Pledges to Restore Trust, Strengthen Tribal Sovereignty, Promote Sustainable Economic Development
02/11/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Testify on Indian Affairs at Senate Hearing
02/11/2009 Secretary of the Interior Salazar Helps Re-Open Ford's Theater, Cites the Importance of Site to President Obama and Nation
02/10/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Speak at Re-Opening of Ford's Theatre to Initiate Lincoln Birthday Bicentennial
02/10/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar, Senator Durbin to Commemorate 200th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Birth with Ceremony at Lincoln Memorial
02/10/2009 Secretary Salazar Details Strategy for Comprehensive Energy Plan on U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
02/09/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Make Announcement on Offshore Energy Development Strategy
02/09/2009 Secretary Salazar, Interior Employees Welcome First Lady Michelle Obama
02/09/2009 Interior Funding in Economic Recovery Act Would Create 100,000 Jobs
02/09/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar, Senator Cardin, Congressman Hoyer to Tour Patuxent Research Refuge/Wildlife Research Center to Review Proposed Projects Under President’s Recovery Plan
02/04/2009 Secretary Salazar Restores Balance in Controversial Last-Minute Oil and Gas Lease Sale near Utah National Parks
02/04/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Announce Decision on Controversial Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sale
02/02/2009 Secretary Salazar Lauds Scientists’ Role in Preparing Public for Likely Eruption of
Mount Redoubt Volcano in Alaska
02/02/2009 Secretary Salazar Incorporates State Input, Announces Modified Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Wyoming
01/30/2009 Secretary Salazar Promotes Economic Benefits of Conservation Investments in Visit to Rocky Mountain Arsenal
01/29/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Tour Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Review Proposed Conservation Projects For President's Economic Stimulus Package
01/29/2009 Secretary Salazar Launches Ethics Reform Initiative in Meeting with Minerals Management Service Employees
01/28/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Salazar to Announce First Steps in DOI Reform
in Meeting at Minerals Management Service in Denver
01/28/2009 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s Remarks at Today’s White House Press Briefing
01/27/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to Hold Pen and Pad Media Roundtable
01/26/2009 Secretary Salazar Outlines High Ethical Standards for Interior Department in Memo to All Employees
01/26/2009 Salazar Lauds President's Nomination of David J. Hayes as Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior
01/23/2009 Secretary Studies Options for Re-Opening Lady Liberty's Crown
01/22/2009 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to Visit Statue of Liberty
01/22/2009 Secretary of the Interior Salazar Pledges Accountability & Change In Employee Listening Session
01/21/2009 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to Address Interior Employees around the Nation
01/21/2009 Salazar Stresses Stewardship and Service During First Day as Secretary of the Interior
01/20/2009 Secretary Salazar to Take the Helm at Interior
01/20/2009 Ken Salazar Confirmed as 50th Secretary of the Interior
01/16/2009 National Park Service, Families of Flight 93 and Svonavec, Inc. Reach Key Agreement on Crucial 274-Acre Heart of Flight 93 Permanent Memorial in Shanksville, PA
01/16/2009 Interior Secretary Kempthorne Designates 9 National Historic Landmarks in 9 States
01/16/2009 Secretary Kempthorne Expands National Wildlife Refuge System By Nearly 60 Percent; Assigns U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Jurisdiction over New National Marine Monuments
01/16/2009 Department of the Interior and Department of Commerce Submit Draft Legislation to Conserve Oceanic Birds
01/16/2009 Preserve America Grants in 17 States Announced; First Preserve America Stewards Designees Announced
01/15/2009 Secretary Kempthorne, Preserve America Co-Chairs Nau and Scarlett Praise Senate Passage of Historic Preservation Programs
01/15/2009 Secretaries and Leaders of U.S. Natural Resources & Environmental Agencies Establish Partnership for Cooperative Conservation
01/15/2009 DHS and DOI sign agreement for mitigation of border security impact on the environment
01/15/2009 Secretary Kempthorne, Mexican Ambassador Sarukhan Sign Declaration Commending On-Going Partnership in the Management of the Colorado River
01/14/2009 Interior, Agriculture Secretaries Announce New Purchases of Western Land Parcels with High Conservation Values
01/13/2009 Nearly $27 million for National Park Centennial Challenge projects and programs in 2009
01/12/2009 Centennial Kempthorne and Director Bomar to Host Media Conference Call Tomorrow
01/12/2009 Secretary Kempthorne Announces World Heritage Nominations For Mount Vernon in Virginia and Papahanaumokuakea in Hawaii
01/12/2009 Secretary Kempthorne Announces Settlement Of Decades-Long Licensing Dispute on Cushman Hydroelectric Project
01/09/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Secretary Kempthorne to Announce World Heritage Nominations At Mount Vernon
01/07/2009 MEDIA ADVISORY - Interior Department to Honor Employees Who Helped Deploy Financial and Business Management System