Interior Enters YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter Age
In a continuing effort to improve transparency and openness at the Department of the Interior is launching four new web tools that will help Americans connect with the nation’s heritage, natural resources, and cultures. Check us out YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter.
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Decision on Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Clears the Way for Historic Water Rights Settlement
Secretary Salazar joined New Mexico’s congressional delegation to advance a vital water supply project that will provide clean, safe and reliable water to a quarter of a million people in the Navajo Nation, the City of Gallup and the Jicarilla Apache Nation. The action clears the way for resolving the Navajo Nation’s long-standing water rights claims in the state. more
Salazar Details Administration’s Policy Push to Build 21st Century Power Transmission Grid
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar told energy industry officials today that the federal government’s past electric transmission policy has been as fragmented and disjointed as the nation’s outdated power grid and that one of President Obama’s top energy priorities is to speed the development of a 21st Century network to move American energy more cleanly, efficiently and safely around the nation. more
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Secretary Salazar listens to a question from the audience. Left to right are Nancy Sutley, Chair of the President's Council on Environmental Quality, Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes, Secretary Salazar, Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congressman Jim Costa. (Photo; Tami A. Heilemann-DOI) Hi-Res
Secretary Salazar, Chair Sutley, Obama Officials Announce Expanded Federal Response to California Water Crisis
The Obama Administration is fully engaged in a coordinated response to California’s ongoing water crisis. At a public meeting in Washington, D.C. Secrtary Salazar and Chair of the White House Council of Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley announced a series of actions the federal government is taking to deal with the devastating water shortages. more
Secretary Salazar Announces Draft Agreement on Klamath Dam Removal Proposal
PacificCorp, local, state, tribal and federal partners have reached a draft agreement on a proposal to remove four dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California. more
Secretary Salazar and Assistant Secretary Babauta’s Statements on Earthquake and Tsunami Surges in American Samoa
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Tony Babauta expressed their deepest sympathies to the Governor and people of American Samoa following an earthquake and tsunami surges that have hit the U.S. Pacific Territory. more
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009
 Minerals Management Service
MMS Study Positively Identifies Giant Squid Presence in Gulf of Mexico; Field Work for MMS Sperm Whale Prey Study Nets Giant Squid. more
 Bureau of Indian Affairs
Salazar Launches Partnership with All-American Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle for Innovative Health Program at Indian Schools. more
 U.S. Geological Survey
Recovery Act Funds Will Upgrade Earthquake Monitoring. Grants totaling $5 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are being awarded to 13 universities nationwide to upgrade critical earthquake monitoring networks and increase public safety.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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