July 30, 2009

Commissioner Connor Announces $40 Million in Economic Relief Projects for Drought-Stricken California

Date: July 30, 2009
Contact: Kip White
(202) 513-0684
FRESNO, CA - The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor announced today that $40 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has been released for drought-relief projects in California.
The commissioner is on a tour of California’s hard-hit San Joaquin Valley, meeting [...]

July 27, 2009

Secretary Salazar, Senator Collins Highlight Recovery Act Projects,

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar andSenator Susan Collins today highlighted $8.3 million in projects at Acadia National Park funded under President Obama’s economic recovery package that will bring jobs and economic growth to Maine.

July 24, 2009

Secretary Salazar Cites Progress Under Recovery Act

Contact Joan Moody, 202-208-6416
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today testified before the House Budget Committee that the Department of the Interior is making “swift progress” on making investments and creating jobs using the $3 billion entrusted to Interior under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
“The economic crisis President Obama inherited when he [...]

July 10, 2009

Secretary Salazar and Senator McCaskill Announce Two Major Projects in St. Louis under President’s Economic Recovery Plan

Date: July 10, 2009
Contact: Hugh Vickery
(202) 208-6416
ST. LOUIS, Mo- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Senator Claire McCaskill announced today that the National Park Service will invest more than $5 million to undertake two major projects to renovate historic sites at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial under President Obama’s economic recovery package.
“Following the [...]

July 9, 2009

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Recovery Act Funding: $528,000 Awarded to Virginia Beach Contractor to Rehabilitate Building; Additional Funds Double Size of 2009 Youth Conservation Corps

For Immediate Release: July 9, 2009
Contact: Jared Brandwein, Refuge Manager; (757) 721-2412
Terri Edwards; (413) 253-8324 / (413) 244-4235
Digital photos available; photo opportunities may be arranged
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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $528,000 contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) to TTR, L.L.C., also known as [...]

July 6, 2009

Secretary Salazar Announces $15,000 for Facilities Modernization at Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office

For Immediate Release: July 6, 2009
Contact: Jim Smith
(530) 527-3043
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RED BLUFF, CA - Today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office in California will receive $15,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to modernize their facilities.
This project replaces an inefficient [...]

July 2, 2009

Secretary Salazar Announces Recovery Act Award for Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region in California

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region has issued a cooperative agreement award under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The $5.25 million award is for the Red Bluff Fish Passage Improvement Project on the Sacramento River in northern California.

July 1, 2009

Secretary Salazar Announces Contract Award for Design and Engineering Services for New Administrative Headquarters and Visitor Contact Station at San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex

For Immediate Release: July 1, 2009
Contact: Andy Yuen
(760) 930-0168
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SAN DIEGO, CA - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the award of a contract to design a new administrative headquarters, visitor contact station (VCS) and service facility for the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex (NWRC) in San Diego, California. Line and Space, [...]

Secretary Salazar Announces $134.3 Million in Economic Recovery Investments to Improve Water Reclamation and Reuse in the West

Washington, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified 27 water reclamation and reuse projects that will share in a total of $134.3 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

DOI Recovery Investments by Bureau