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Covering some 2.3 million acres of south-central Florida, the Everglades is one of our nation’s greatest natural treasures.

• 02/03/12
  • Salazar Applauds President’s Nomination of Marcilynn Burke for Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
    
  
  
• 02/02/12
  • Interior Seeks Comments on Cobell Land Consolidation Draft Plan
    
  
  
• 02/02/12
  • Obama Administration Announces Major Steps toward Leasing for Offshore Wind Projects in Mid-Atlantic
    
  
  

• 01/31/12
  • Secretary Salazar, Governor O’Malley to Announce Decision on Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy
    
  
  
• 01/31/12
  • Secretary Salazar, Governor McDonnell to Host Tourism & Travel Town Hall in Virginia
    
  
  
• 01/30/12
  • This Week at Interior: Energy, Tourism Initiatives Front and Center
    
  
  

On Tuesday, August 23, 2011, an earthquake registering 5.8 magnitude occurred 84 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., damaging the Washington Monument. Here is footage from all three Monument-cams, running simultaneously.

Interior is proposing sweeping reforms to the rules that govern surface leasing on Indian land. The action marks the most comprehensive reform to leasing in over 50 years and will make it easier for individuals to do fundamental things like buy a home or build a business.

Illuminating the Mall from 3rd to 15th Streets, the LED technology is expected to reduce lighting energy by up to 65 percent.

• 01/31/12
  • Secretary Salazar, Governor O’Malley to Announce Decision on Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy
    
  
  
• 01/31/12
  • Secretary Salazar, Governor McDonnell to Host Tourism & Travel Town Hall in Virginia
    
  
  
• 01/30/12
  • This Week at Interior: Energy, Tourism Initiatives Front and Center
    
  
  

• 11/13/11
  • U.S. on way to secure energy future
    
  
  
• 01/14/10
  • At home on the range
    
  
  
• 02/17/09
  • Stimulus plan can promote conservation
    
  
  

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Director Michael Bromwich says the name of his agency has evolved to now include the words "regulation and enforcement" making clear the agency's mission.

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Secretary Salazar says the BP oil spill crisis has brought Gulf coast and wetland restoration to the forefront of the President's conservation agenda.

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Director Bromwich, with only four days on the job, will start by making internal investigations a priority.

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