August 21, 2009

Secretary Salazar Highlights Recovery Act Investments, Job Creation during Tour of Grand Canyon National Park

Date: August 21, 2009
Contacts: Hugh Vickery
(202) 208-6416
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today visited the Grand Canyon’s South Rim to highlight $10.8 million in projects under President Obama’s economic recovery package that are creating jobs and stimulating the local economy.
Projects at Grand Canyon National Park being funded [...]

Recovery Act Funding Creates Partnerships to Restore Trinity River Basin Habitat

For Immediate Release: August 21, 2009
Contact: Clay Harris; (505) 248-6428; Clay_Harris@fws.gov
FFS #R2EE
Albuquerque, NM - The Trinity River Basin will benefit from an agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Trinity Basin Conservation Foundation (TBCF) that uses Recovery Act funding to restore habitat on private lands.
As part of the Service’s Partners for [...]

August 20, 2009

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces the Indian Point Salt Marsh Restoration Project, Funded by President’s Economic Recovery Plan

For Immediate Release: August 20, 2009
Contact: Clay Harris, USFWS; (505) 248-6428
Beth Wilson, CBBEP; (361) 885-6246
FFS#R2FA
Albuquerque, N.M. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has approved a cooperative agreement with the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) and will provide $455,000 in federal stimulus money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to [...]

Secretary Salazar Announces Contract Award to Construct Accessible Trail at Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

For Immediate Release: August 20, 2009
Contact: Beatrix Treiterer or Bart McDermott; (916) 775-4421
FFS #R8LB
Sacramento, CA - A long-awaited project that will expand public access at the Stone Lakes national Wildlife Refuge in Elk Grove, Calif., took a major step forward today with U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s announcement that Recovery Act funds will pay for [...]

Secretary Salazar Announces over $3.6 Million of Economic Recovery Funding to Improve Water Conservation in Utah

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has selected a Challenge Grant project in Utah that will receive more than $3.6 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Secretary Salazar Announces $3.3 Million of Economic Recovery Funding to Improve Water Conservation in Oregon

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified two Challenge Grant projects in Oregon that will share in $40 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Secretary Salazar Announces $3.8 Million of Economic Recovery Funding to Improve Water Conservation in Idaho

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified two Challenge Grant projects in Idaho totaling $3.8 million that will share in funding provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Secretary Salazar Announces $27.3 Million of Economic Recovery Funding to Improve Water Conservation in California

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified eight Challenge Grant projects in California that will share $27.3 million – more than half of the $40 million announced today across the West under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Secretary Salazar Announces $1.8 Million of Economic Recovery Funding to Improve Water Conservation in Arizona

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified a project in Arizona which has been awarded a Challenge Grant of more than $1.8 million – part of $40 million in grants today announced under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Assistant Secretary Strickland Highlights Interior’s $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.

August 19, 2009

Secretary Salazar Announces $11.1 Million in Grants through the Colorado River Basinwide Salinity Control Program

These Recovery Act grants will leverage an additional $4.8 million cost-share from the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin Funds (funds from area water district’s revenues from sale of water and power), to help control nearly 12,000 tons of salt loading from occurring that would otherwise enter the Colorado River system.

Secretary Salazar Announces $11.1 Million in Grants

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).

These Recovery Act grants will leverage an additional $4.8 million cost-share from the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin Funds (funds from area water district’s revenues from sale of water and power), to help control nearly 12,000 tons of salt loading from occurring that would otherwise enter the Colorado River system.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director Announces Recovery Act Funding for Montana Contractor to Replace Condemned Bridge at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

For Immediate Release: August 19, 2009
Contact: Bill West; (406) 276-3536; Bill_West@fws.gov
Sharon Rose; (303) 236-4580; Sharon_R_Rose@fws.gov
FFS #R6HV
LIMA, MT - A new bridge for visitors and vehicles paid for by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will provide an important access link at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) [...]

Regional Director Stephen Guertin Announces the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery Pond Liner Project

For Immediate Release: August 19, 2009
Contact: Rob Holm, Project Leader
(701) 654-7451
FFS #R6PC
Riverdale, ND - Mountain-Prairie Regional Director Stephen Guertin announced that Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery (NFH) in North Dakota will receive more than $920,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The funding will support recreational fishing opportunities in the Midwest [...]

August 13, 2009

Recovery Funding for Yellowstone and Other Volcano Observatories to Improve Monitoring and Public Safety

Date: August 13, 2009
Contact:  Joan Moody (DOI) (202) 208-6416
John Eichelberger (USGS) (571)-246-3018
YELLOWSTONE NP AND WASHINGTON, D.C.–Residents and critical infrastructure in the nation’s six highest-risk volcanic areas-including the Yellowstone region– will benefit from increased monitoring and analysis as a result of Recovery Act funds being channeled into volcano monitoring, Secretary Salazar announced today.
The U.S. Geological Survey [...]

Secretary Salazar Announces $454,000 for Lake Michigan Coastal Habitat Restoration in Wisconsin; Partners Break Ground for Ozaukee County Project

For Immediate Release: August 13, 2009
Contact: Georgia Parham; (812) 334-4261 x1203
Louise Clemency; (920) 866-1725
Jason Holm; (612) 713-5310
Larry Dean; (612) 713-5312
FFS #R3FA
Midwest Region - Today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Ozaukee-Washington Land Trust has received $454,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funding supports the restoration and enhancement [...]

August 10, 2009

Secretary Salazar Announces $40 Million Investment for Rural Water in Northeastern Montana

BILLINGS, MT -Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded $40 million to the Fort Peck/Dry Prairie Rural Water System in northeastern Montana under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Design Contract Awarded for New Administrative and Visitor Facility at Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex

For Immediate Release: August 10, 2009
Contact: Terri Edwards; (413)253-8324 or (413) 244-2235; Terri_Edwards@fws.gov
Michelle Williams, Refuge Manager; (631) 286-0485; Michelle_Williams@fws.gov
FFS #R5BA
SHIRLEY, NY - Today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that C&S Companies (www.csoc.com) of Syracuse, N.Y., has been awarded a $485,560 contract to complete the architectural and engineering design for a new administrative and [...]

August 9, 2009

Secretary Salazar Tours Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Spotlights Recovery Act Projects, Youth Recreation

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today highlighted more than $286,000 in projects at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge funded under President Obama’s economic recovery package that will create jobs and economic growth in Minnesota. Overall, the Department of the Interior is investing more than $11 million across Minnesota in projects in wildlife refuges, national park units, and on tribal lands.

August 8, 2009

Salazar, Obey Highlight Recovery Act Projects, Economic Growth for Wisconsin in Tour of Apostle Islands

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Congressman David Obey today highlighted more than $116,000 in projects at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore funded under President Obama’s economic recovery package that will bring jobs and economic growth to Wisconsin. Overall, the Department of the Interior is investing more than $29 million across Wisconsin in projects in wildlife refuges, national park units, scientific research facilities, and on tribal lands.

August 7, 2009

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Introduces 89 Youth to Endangered Species Management in the Pacific Region Under President’s Economic Recovery Plan

For Immediate Release: August 7, 2009
Contact: Amy Gaskill, APR; (503) 231-6121
FFS# R1NA/R1ND
Portland, OR - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is providing over $300,000 to enable the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Region to create approximately 89 seasonal and temporary jobs for young people. These youth will work on 14 national [...]

Secretary Salazar Announces Contract Award for Repair of Water Management Structure on Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota

For Immediate Release: August 7, 2009
Contact: Maggie Anderson; (218) 449-4115; Margaret_Anderson@fws.gov
Chuck Traxler; (612) 713-5313; Charles_Traxler@fws.gov
FFS #R3GA
Middle River, MN - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently announced the award of a contract to repair an important component of the water management infrastructure on the 61,500-acre Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge located in northwestern Minnesota.  The contract was [...]

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