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Interior Secretary Salazar and BOEMRE Director Bromwich today announced the structures and responsibilities of two new, independent agencies that will carry out the offshore energy management and enforcement functions once assigned to the former MMS.

"My vision and hopes for the future as a consequence of the Macondo well tragedy are simple but achievable: First, that we as a nation develop the gold standard for safe oil and gas production from our world's oceans..." - Interior Secretary Ken Sala

Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor today forecasted likely increases in water supplies in 2011 for the Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project (CVP).

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife today announced the Maguire daisy will be removed from the list of threatened and endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.

Interior Secretary Salazar and Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Echo Hawk today provided DOI's draft Tribal Consultation Policy to the leaders of the nation's 565 federally-recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes for review and c

Interior Secretary Salazar and Energy Secretary Chu today announced a schedule of public meetings to gather comments on a comprehensive environmental analysis that has identified proposed ‘solar energy zones' on public lands in the west.

For the 14th consecutive year, the Interior Department has received a favorable audit opinion from KPMG LLP (KPMG), an independent certified public accounting firm and the Department's external auditor.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar toured the Florida Keys by air, boat and on foot on Saturday, focusing on the four national wildlife refuges and 30 federally endangered and threatened species managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.