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Last year’s wildfire season was one of the worst on record as more than 58,000 wildfires burned more than 8.8 million acres across the United States. Nearly 26,000 structures were destroyed — more than double the previous annual record — and 19 valiant members of America’s firefighting community lost their lives.

Expanding Opportunity, Access, and Connectivity to Indian Country

Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Daniel Jorjani to be the Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior with a 51-43 vote. Jorjani has been serving as the Principal Deputy Solicitor for Interior since May of 2017.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt inspected a key piece of national water infrastructure at Morrow Point Dam, located on the Gunnison River, a major Colorado River tributary in western Colorado.

"The BLM relocation is moving full speed ahead. The M Street lease expires at the end of 2020, and approximately 60 of these employees will remain stationed in DC. As previously approved by Congress, we have the means to complete this relocation and establish the new headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado. 

This week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt traveled to Colorado and touted the imminent benefits of moving the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) employees to western states and establishing a new headquarters in Grand Junction. Recent coverage highlights the bipartisan support for the decision.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced today the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of approximately 560 acres of Federal lands to the U.S. Department of the Army (Army) to build roughly 70 miles of border barriers. This action comes in response to a series of applications for Emergency Withdrawal as submitted by the Army for construction or augmentation of barriers along the southern border.

The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, chaired by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, approved $28 million in funding for various wetland conservation projects.

Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is making available the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The environmental analysis considers a range of alternatives in order to meet energy leasing provisions contained in Section 20001 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-97), signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017.