$348 million will be used across 62 projects. The Department of the Interior announced last week that 62 new conservation projects in California and Nevada would be funded…
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Interior Department Relocates Wild Horses in Nevada
527 horses gathered and removed from Jackson Mountain Herd Management Area. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) within the Department of the Interior recently announced the successful completion…
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Interior Announces Midwest Science Center
Final CASC in national network will be hosted by the University of Minnesota. The Department of the Interior announced last week that it would be opening a new…
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Geothermal Lease Sale Coming for Renewable Energy
Bureau of Land Management will offer three parcels in New Mexico. The Bureau of Land Management within the Department of the Interior will hold a virtual geothermal lease…
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Declares 22 More Animals Extinct
Officials say their loss was partly caused by human activity. The Fish and Wildlife Service declared 22 animals and one plant extinct, removing the species from the national…
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Interior Secretary Attends Satellite Launch
Landsat 9 will give Interior New insight into Earth’s geology. On Monday, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to attend…
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Interior Announces Funding for Wetland Conservation
The department sets aside $111 million for conservation projects. This past week, the Department of the Interior announced that $111 million in grants and partner funding had been…
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Interior Announces Land Management Improvements
Bureau headquarters will leave Colorado and move to D.C. Last week, the Department of the Interior announced that it would be taking steps to restructure the Bureau of…
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Petitions Reviewed to Mark Gray Wolf “Endangered” Again
Interior Department finds evidence presented in petitions “credible information.” Two petitions were sent to the Interior Department in June and July, each requesting that gray wolves be marked…
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Interior Offers 4,800 Acre Lease for Solar Energy
60 day bidding period began last week. President Biden’s administration has been working with the state of Utah to facilitate the development of renewable energy across its vast…
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