Interior Department celebrates “Great American Outdoors Act” anniversary. The National Parks Service announced the first phase of funding under the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020 will be…
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Interior Celebrates Great American Outdoors Act
Fee-free visits to public lands in observance of the first anniversary. On Wednesday, the Department of the Interior will be observing the first anniversary of the Great American…
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Interior Official Attends Opening of NM Tribal School
Principal deputy assistant secretary also discussed land management and economic development. This past week, Interior Department Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland traveled to New…
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Interior Announces Next Steps for NC Wind Project
Environmental review approved for the offshore project. On Thursday, the Department of the Interior announced that progress had been made on a new offshore wind energy production project…
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Interior Assistant Secretary Travels to Colorado
Discusses water conservation and drought effects. On Monday, Interior Department Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo returned to Washington, D.C., following a week-long trip to Colorado.…
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Senate Minority Leader Opposes Land Management Nominee
Concerns surround her background in eco-terrorist activity. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and others have reservations about Presiden Biden’s Interior Department nominee Tracy Stone-Manning. “We now know that…
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Interior to Update Native American Grave Protections
Seeks to streamline the return of stolen artifacts to Native Hawaiians. The Department of the Interior announced last week that it had begun a series of conversations with…
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Shannon Estenoz Sworn In as Interior Assistant Secretary
The new head of the Fish and Wildlife and Parks division is installed. On Monday, Secretary Deb Haaland of the Department of the Interior held the swearing-in ceremony…
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Interior Secretary Announces New Task Force
Group will look to improve law enforcement programs. The Interior Department announced on Wednesday that Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland had approved the creation of a new…
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Interior Secretary Discusses Offshore Wind in Virginia
The proposed plan could generate 3,000 megawatts of power. Last week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland met with Virginia Governor Ralph Northan and Senator Tim Kaine to…
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