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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today announced $500,000 in grants to help fund 10 projects that will document historic properties associated with underrepresented communities in the National Register of Historic Places.  

The expanded leasing provisions announced today make the right-of-way process on tribal lands more transparent and requires a firm timeline for approval by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and affected landowners.

WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today released the 2015 Status Report for the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Program), which summarizes its implementation to date and significant economic impact in Indian Country. Since 2013, the Buy-Back Program has paid nearly $715 million to landowners and restored the equivalent of approximately 1.5 million acres of land to tribal governments.

WASHINGTON – Making good on a commitment from a robust review of the effectiveness of the Federal Subsistence Management Program in Alaska, the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture today updated regulations defining which parts of the state are rural or nonrural, thus determining where federal law provides a preference for subsistence take of fish and wildlife on federal public lands and waters in Alaska.  

WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to rural communities, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor today announced that more than 1,900 local governments around the country will receive an additional $34.5 million in payments under the 2015 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.

The site, an unbroken expanse of 704,000 acres of rugged mountains and sweeping valleys, highlights the proud history of the West, from its earliest native peoples to more recent settlers and mining communities. 

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Michael Bean today joined the San Antonio community to officially mark the dedication of the Spanish colonial missions in San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.

In light of current market conditions and low industry interest, the U.S. Department of the Interior today announced that it will cancel the two potential Arctic offshore lease sales scheduled under the current five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program for 2012-2017.

SEATTLE – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined U.S. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene today to discuss how scientific research can help communities in the Pacific Northwest become more resilient and reduce the risk of damage from natural disasters and severe storms.

Conducted at the Lucky Peak Helibase outside Boise, Idaho, the demonstration was the latest phase of Interior’s and the U.S. Forest Service’s exploration of new aviation technologies to improve the safety and effectiveness of wildland firefighters.