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New Report Predicts Climate Change Will Significantly Impact California’s Central Valley
MON, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 12:43 PM ESTWASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report released today by the Department of the Interior's Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor finds that projected changes in temperature and precipitation, combined with a growing population Read More >
Media Advisory: Secretary Jewell to Kick-Off Multi-State Swing Promoting Major Department Priorities
MON, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 12:13 PM ESTWASHINGTON, D.C. – Showcasing a broad portfolio, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will take to the road this week marking key milestones in priority issue areas, including the Department’s youth initiative Read More >
DOI News: Celebrating a Milestone in Conservation – and the Law that Made it Possible
FRI, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014, 05:05 PM ESTJust a few weeks ago, I was at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History remembering an unfortunately dark moment in conservation history – exactly a century before, on September 1, 1914, the last known passenger pigeon died in a Cincinnati zoo. Read More >
This Week at Interior September 19, 2014
FRI, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014, 03:15 PM ESTSecretary Jewell travels to Maryland to announce the proposed delisting of the Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel from the Endangered Species List; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking what to do with six tons of crushed ivory; more. Watch Video >
Secretary Jewell Announces Conservation Success Story in Recovery of Delmarva Fox Squirrel
FRI, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014, 10:58 AM ESTCAMBRIDGE, Md. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that due to concerted conservation efforts by landowners and other partners, the Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel, one of the animals included on the first list of endangered species Read More >