Secretary Salazar Seeks Clarification
to OCS Court Ruling
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar asked the Department of Justice to seek clarification from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on the scope of its April 17, 2009 decision that Bush Administration officials did not conduct sufficient scientific and environmental analysis before scheduling oil and gas lease sales on the Outer Continental Shelf off Alaska. More
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Salazar Retains Conservation
Rule for Polar Bears
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that he will retain a special rule issued in December for protecting the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act, but will closely monitor the implementation of the rule to determine if additional measures are necessary to conserve and recover the polar bear and its habitat. More
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), at a press conference announcing the reopening of the Statue of Liberty’s crown. (photo credit Tami Heilemann DOI) Hi-Res
Salazar Announces Reopening of
Statue of Liberty’s Crown,
Restoration of Historic Building
at Ellis Island
The American public will once again be able to visit the crown of the Statue of Liberty, which was closed after the 9/11 attacks for safety and security reasons, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today. "On July 4th, we are giving America a special gift," Salazar said. "We are once again inviting the public to celebrate our great nation and the hope and opportunity it symbolizes by climbing to Lady Liberty's crown for a unique view of New York Harbor, where the forbearers of millions of American families first saw the new world." more
Secretary Salazar announces the FY2010 budget for the Department of the Interior at an all employee meeting. (Photo Credit: Tami Heilemann DOI) Hi-Res
$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
President Obama’s proposed $12 billion budget for the Department of the Interior in FY2010 will allow the nation’s largest land manager to play a central role in carrying out the President’s vision for addressing the challenges of our times. more
Secretary Salazar Pledges
to Open Four Renewable Energy Permitting Offices, Create Renewable Energy Teams
To expedite production of renewable energy on public lands while protecting land, water, and wildlife, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar pledged to create four Renewable Energy Coordination Offices, one each in California, Nevada, Wyoming, and Arizona, along with smaller renewable energy teams in New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Oregon. more
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009
 Bureau of Reclamation
Safety Evaluation and Visual Inspection of Existing Dams International Technical Seminar and Study Tour Announced. more
 Bureau of Indian Affairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Interior Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development - Indian Affairs George T. Skibine today announced funding totals for the 12 Indian Affairs regions for projects targeting federally recognized tribes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. more
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gray wolves to be removed from the list of threatened and endangered
species in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountain states
but remain a protected species in Wyoming. more
 Bureau of Land Management
Mike Pool, California state director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has been tapped to serve as the agency's acting national director in Washington D.C., effective March 1.
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 Minerals Management Service
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208, held today in New Orleans, attracted $703,048,523 in high bids. more
 National Park Service
The National Park Service has developed a web site to help plan visits to NPS sites that preserve African American Heritage. more
 Office of Surface Mining
At an open house held at the University of Pittsburgh, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) recognized a collaborative project that will make thousands of historical maps of closed or abandoned underground coal mines in Pennsylvania available to the public. more
Readers of People, Land & Water, the U.S. Department of the Interior's news magazine, will now be able to access the publication on the Web. more
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