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Secretary Salazar accompanied by Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley (left) visits students at the Hunters Point Boarding School, Window Rock, AZ. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann-DOI)

Secretary Salazar accompanied by Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley (left) visits students at the Hunters Point Boarding School, Window Rock, AZ. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann-DOI) Hi-Res

     Secretary Salazar and Top Interior Policymakers Visit Navajo Nation

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar told Navajo Nation officials Thursday that President Obama’s major goals for working with Indian Country include improving educational opportunities for American Indian children, strengthening law enforcement and advancing self-sustaining economic development for tribal communities. moremore

     $40 Million in Recovery Funding to Improve Water Conservation in the West

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has selected Challenge Grant projects in Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah that will receive $40 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Deputy Assitant Secretary Robert Stanton and Secretary Salazar congratulate Joshua P. Sommerville of Gaithersburg High School and his parents on his scholarship. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann-DOI)

Deputy Assitant Secretary Robert Stanton and Secretary Salazar congratulate Joshua P. Sommerville of Gaithersburg High School and his parents on his scholarship. (Photo credit: Tami A. Heilemann-DOI) Hi-Res

Secretary Salazar Congratulates Interior Blacks-in-Government Members and Scholarship Recipients

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today commended the Department of the Interior’s Blacks-in-Government (BIG) chapter for its community service and presented 10 recent high school graduates from the Washington, D.C area with college scholarships funded by BIG members.moremore

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve has used $50,000 in Recovery Act funds to build a shuttle bus turnaround, shelter, signs and interpretive exhibits at Kennecott, a national historic landmark within the park. (Photo credit: Grant Crosby-NPS)

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve has used $50,000 in Recovery Act funds to build a shuttle bus turnaround, shelter, signs and interpretive exhibits at Kennecott, a national historic landmark within the park. (Photo credit: Grant Crosby-NPS) Hi-Res

Assistant Secretary Strickland Highlights Interiors $85 Million in Recovery Act Investments in Alaska

On a two-week visit to Alaska, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland today highlighted more than $85 million that Interior is investing in Alaska under the President’s economic recovery package. The funding is designed to create jobs, stimulate local economies, and enable rehabilitation and improvement projects at national parks, refuges, and other public lands in the state.  moremore

Surface salt deposits left on pasture lands east of Cleveland, Utah caused by irrigation flood run-off. (USBR photo)

Surface salt deposits left on pasture lands east of Cleveland, Utah caused by irrigation flood run-off. (USBR photo)] Hi-Res

$11.1 Million in Grants for Colorado River Basinwide Salinity Control Program

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation will award grants totaling more than $11.1 million to irrigation companies in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming to fund salinity control projects within the Upper Colorado River Basin under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). moremore

Offshore Lease Sale in Gulf Generates $115 Million; Onshore Energy Sale in Utah Attracts $1.1 Million

A sale of federal oil and natural gas leases for the Western Gulf of Mexico attracted $115,466,321 in high bids today, following yesterday’s $1.1 million sale of onshore energy leases in Utah.  To date this year, the department has offered 55 million acres of U.S. public land – onshore and offshore – for oil and gas development, generating more than $875 million in revenues. moremore

USGS scientists Lia Chaser (left) and Erica Rau (right) study fish in the St. Marys River in northern Florida for analysis of mercury. [Photo by Mark Brigham - USGS]

USGS scientists Lia Chaser (left) and Erica Rau (right) study fish in the St. Marys River in northern Florida for analysis of mercury. [Photo by Mark Brigham - USGS] Hi-Res

Study Reveals Mercury in Fish Nationwide

Scientists detected mercury contamination in every fish sampled in 291 streams across the country, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study released today.

 About a quarter of these fish were found to contain mercury at levels exceeding the criterion for the protection of people who consume average amounts of fish, established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More than two-thirds of the fish exceeded the U.S. EPA level of concern for fish-eating mammals. moremore

The First Family visits Yellowstone National Park. Visitation to our National Parks has increased in 2009. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann - DOI]

The First Family visits Yellowstone National Park. Visitation to our National Parks has increased in 2009. [Photo by Tami A. Heilemann - DOI] Hi-Res

National Parks Visitation Rises in 2009

America’s national parks are seeing more visitors in 2009 than a year earlier, according to visitation information collected by the National Park Service (NPS). In the first half of 2009, national park units experienced 127,728,898 visits, an increase of nearly 4.5 million visits over the same period in 2008. In June alone, visitation to national parks increased by over 718,000 visits between 2008 to 2009. moremore

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S. Elizabeth Birnbaum has assumed her duties as the 10th Director of the Minerals Management Service, leading a regulatory agency responsible for over 1.7 billion offshore acres and the collection of royalties. moremore

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Echo Hawk Issues Reservation Proclamation for the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, aka, Gun Lake Tribe. moremore

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Reclamation announces $5.6 million in Challenge Grants for Water Conservation in the West  moremore

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The Coast Salish Nation and the USGS have launched their second Tribal Journey together to study and improve water resources in the Salish Sea. moremore

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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. moremore

Bureau of Land ManagementBureau of Land Management

Bob Abbey Confirmed as Director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Abbey is a veteran public land policy leader and was chief architect of the Great Basin Restoration Initiative, as Nevada State Director for the Bureau of Land Management.  moremore

National Park ServiceNational Park Service

The National Park Service has developed a web site to help plan visits to NPS sites that preserve African American Heritage. moremore

Office of Surface MiningOffice 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. moremorePDF Format

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