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News and Updates
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 7:21 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Spotlighting the Work to Restore, Connect and Conserve 30 Percent of Lands and Waters by 2030
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2023 @ 3:31 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Investment from Inflation Reduction Act will help Tribes electrify homes, expand availability of clean energy in Indian Country
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2023 @ 9:07 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that the Department has committed nearly $16 million as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to prevent the imminent extinction of Hawaiian Forest Birds.
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 8:00 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Historic investments are helping to protect and sustain the Colorado River System
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 7:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, President Biden established the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni -Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in northern Arizona
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 11:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Department leaders will span across America to highlight the law’s historic investments
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today applauded President Biden’s designation of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, which protects three historic sites in Illinois and Mississippi that will help tell a more complete story of our country’s history.
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 12:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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NGERULMUD, PALAU — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has completed a visit to the Republic of Palau as part of her weeklong visit to the Pacific Islands, where she highlighted the United States’ historic and long-standing relationship with Palau
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2023 @ 9:54 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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President Biden’s Investing in America agenda investing in climate resilience, ecosystem restoration
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Policy updates expand opportunities for Tribes, underrepresented communities
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2023 @ 3:45 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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President Biden’s Investing in America agenda investing in climate resilience, ecosystem restoration
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2023 @ 5:42 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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WASHINGTON — In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on June 3, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the designation of nine new national recreation trails in nine states, adding 340 miles to the National Trails System.
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 7:57 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda will support 21 projects across the West
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 7:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will clean up over 300 orphaned oil and gas well sites nationwide
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 2:00 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Happy Holidays From the Department of the Interior, Office of Intergovernmental and External AffairsHappy Holidays From the Department of the Interior, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 11:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Entrance fees for the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and standard amenity recreation fees for the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation sites will be waived for veterans and Gold Star Families.
Published: Monday, November 9th, 2020 @ 10:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On September 11, 2020, Secretary David L. Bernhardt was joined by President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, PA.
Published: Monday, September 21st, 2020 @ 8:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Department of the Interior is pleased to announce its Draft Invasive Species Strategic Plan (Plan), developed pursuant to the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116-9).
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2020 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Interior and National Park Service announced additional details about the Independence Day celebrations on the National Mall
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 @ 3:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, the Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, 73-25.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 3:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the annual economic benefit of national parks to the U.S. and local economies.
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2020 @ 3:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that the Department of Interior informed Congress that Swain County will receive the remaining $35.2 million owed to them from the North Shore Road settlement this year
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If energy companies respond to the Interior Department's recently announced process for pursuing oil and gas exploration off the North Carolina coast, it is likely that residents or visitors will never see any rigs, pipelines, or depots, as these facilities are located either far offshore
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2018 @ 12:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded Secretary Ryan Zinke and the Department of the Interior for releasing $4 million that was appropriated to Swain County in 2012 but never transferred
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2017 @ 9:41 am
By: Thom Tillis
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In a surprise announcement, President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Congressman Ryan Zinke, At-Large Republican representative for Montana, as his nominee to be Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
Published: Monday, December 19th, 2016 @ 4:40 am
By: Russell Allen
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) has signed onto a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Interior, asking for all correspondence relating to federal lands that were considered, analyzed, or designated as national monuments since January 20, 2009.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, chairman of the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition, released the following statement in the wake of President Barack Obama's decision to open up the Eastern Seaboard for energy exploration through seismic testing.
Published: Monday, July 21st, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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