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Secretary Salazar Announces
Recovery Act Award for Reclamation’s
Mid-Pacific Region in California
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region has issued a cooperative agreement award under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The $5.25 million award is for the Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement Project on the Sacramento River in northern California. more
Secretary Salazar Announces $134.3 Million in Economic Recovery Investments
to Improve Water Reclamation and Reuse in the West
Washington, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified 27 water reclamation and reuse projects that will share in a total of $134.3 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The water projects – known as “Title XVI” projects for the title of Public Law 102-575 that established the program – facilitate the reclamation and reuse of wastewater and naturally impaired ground and surface waters. more
Heaven's Peak in Glacier National Park (Photo Credit: Glacier National Park) Hi-Res
World Heritage Committee Takes Critical Step to Protect Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
The 21-nation World Heritage Committee took an important step to protect Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park in Montana and Alberta, Canada, calling for a full report from a joint mission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the World Heritage Centre on the potential threats from proposed coal mining and oil and gas development in the region. more
The development of commercial solar arrays like this one for utility scale renewable energy production would be accelerated under Interior initiatives announced today. (Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) Hi-Res
Secretary Salazar, Senator Reid Announce 'Fast-Track' Initiatives
for Solar Energy Development
on Western Lands
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) announced new initiatives today that will have federal agencies work with western leaders to designate tracts of U.S. public lands in the West as prime zones for utility-scale solar energy development, fund environmental studies, open new solar energy permitting offices and speed reviews of industry proposals. more
Secretary Salazar, Deputy Secretary David Hayes, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation Mike Connor and California Secretary for Natural Resources Mike Chrisman at a packed town hall meeting in Fresno to address the California water shortage. (Photo Credit: Tami A. Heilemann, DOI) Hi-Res
Secretary Salazar, Senior Administration and Congressional Officials Hold Town Hall Meeting on California Water Shortage
At a town hall meeting in Fresno, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor and members of the California Congressional Delegation today announced multiple steps the Obama Administration is taking to alleviate the heavy toll on Californians resulting from the ongoing water shortage. more
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009
 Minerals Management Service
"The vast renewable energy potential off our nation's coasts offers great promise for our clean energy future, but we must develop these resources safely and in a way that protects the environment," Secretary Salazar said in remarks kicking off the first offshore renewable energy public workshop. more
 Bureau of Indian Affairs
Secretary Salazar to Conduct Ceremonial Swearing-in of Larry Echo Hawk as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. more
 Bureau of Reclamation
Safety Evaluation and Visual Inspection of Existing Dams International Technical Seminar and Study Tour Announced. 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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 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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