Debuted 2,000 square feet of new gallery and exhibition. After being closed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of the Interior reopened the Interior…
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Administration Redesignates Historic Segregation Sites
Interior Secretary Haaland present for signing of bill. President Biden recently signed the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act into law alongside Secretary…
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DOI Opens 27 Million Acres to Native American Veterans
Vietnam-era Alaskan Natives can each select up to 160 acres. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced last week that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will open…
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DOI Funds 40 Fish Passage Projects
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocates $38 million for 2022. The Department of the Interior announced that 40 fish passage projects will receive $38 million for the fiscal year 2022.…
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Secretary Haaland Streamlines Tribal Water Law Processing
Rescinds 1975 memorandum directing no approval for any tribal ordinance. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland rescinded a memorandum this month that was issued by previous Secretary Rogers…
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DOI to Hold Wind Energy Auction in May
Two areas of the Carolinas will be available for lease. The Department of the Interior announced the completion of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s environmental review of…
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Addresses Its First Dam
$100 million allocated to B.F. Sisk Dam. On Thursday, the Department of the Interior announced that project-specific funding would be given to modify the B.F. Sisk Dam in…
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Interior Announces Largest Competitive Lease Sale
Six companies rent 488,000 acres for offshore wind. The Department of the Interior announced that six companies won bids distributing leases for 488,000 acres of offshore wind energy…
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Interior Secretary Honors Harriet Tubman Day
Travels to Maryland to visit parts of Underground Railroad Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland honored Harriet Tubman Day last week by visiting the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad…
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Highlights conservation efforts and ongoing support of Indian Country while in Arizona. Last week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science…
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