He met with Tribal leadership to visit previous recipients of department funding. The Interior Department’s Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Bryan Newland, visited Tribal Nations in Washington and…
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Interior Issues Offshore Wind Research Lease to Maine
The agency states that the lease area could potentially “create up to 144 megawatts of clean energy.“ The Department of the Interior announced the nation’s first floating offshore…
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Interior Awards $81 Million for San Joaquin Valley Water Conservation
The agency outlines new long-term drought plan with Central Valley Project officials. The Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced that the Central Valley Project’s water agencies have…
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Funding for Ecosystem Restoration in Eight States Released
The funds from the Bureau of Land Management will go to local restoration projects in Western states and Florida. The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management…
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Interior to Develop Satellite System for Tracking American Geology
The department announced a partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA. The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the development of a new satellite system to document…
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Wildlife Pose a Risk to Supercomputer at National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Lab reports raccoons and possums have gotten into the infrastructure. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has a campus in rural Tennessee that encompasses more than…
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Administration Cancels Alaskan Oil and Gas Leases
Interior secretary says the lease sale was “seriously flawed.” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the administration is canceling oil and gas leases in Alaska and proposing additional protection…
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Secretary Haaland Visits Federal Project Sites in New Mexico
Wraps up a month-long tour of federal investment projects in progress. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited three projects in New Mexico that received federal funding to…
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Interior Announces New Agency Members
Six individuals added to agency leadership. On Friday, the Department of the Interior announced six new members who would join the leadership agency team to further the administration’s…
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Interior Department Announces Big Game Grants
Scientific research to be conducted into migration and territory range The Department of the Interior announced on Friday that the next round of grant recipients had been chosen,…
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