Secretary Salazar, Western Governors and Western Area Power Administration Join Together to Extend Program to Recover Endangered Colorado River Fish
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, and Western Area Power Administration Administrator Timothy Meeks renewed their commitment to a nationally recognized program that is working to recover endangered fishes in the Upper Colorado River Basin while water development continues in accordance with state and federal laws.
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Pumps like these pictured will help irrigate more than 5,000 acres when the project is complete. BOR photo Hi-Res
Interior Announces $13 Million Contract for Navajo Indian Irrigation Project Pumping Plants
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $13 million contract to construct two pumping plants near Farmington, New Mexico. The pumping plants are key features for continued development of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project. That ongoing project, which Reclamation is developing for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, provides water for the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry farming enterprise of the Navajo Nation. more
Interior among Top Federal Agencies for Small Businesses Procurement
The Small Business Association (SBA) released their annual Scorecard rates for federal agency performance in meeting overall small business goal and the component contracting goals for small disadvantaged businesses, small businesses in HUBZones, and small businesses owned by women and service-disabled veterans. The Department of the Interior was one of the top federal agencies in FY2008, meeting four of the five procurement goals. more
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. more
$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.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009
Minerals Management Service
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. more
U.S. Geological Survey
The Coast Salish Nation and the USGS have launched their second Tribal Journey together to study and improve water resources in the Salish Sea. 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
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.
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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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