July 30, 2010

Secretary Salazar Announces $14.6 Million of Economic Recovery Funding for Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Pumping Plant, Underground Pipeline

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region has awarded a $14.6 million contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for construction of the Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Pumping Plant and Pipeline (Intertie).

July 22, 2010

Recovery Act Funds Wetlands Restoration and Road Improvements at Santee National Wildlife Refuge

Summerton, S.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded contracts for major wetlands restoration and road repairs at Santee National Wildlife Refuge totaling more than $1.8 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). One contract, for $1,105,742, is awarded to Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga., for repairs to public roads in the refuge. The second contract, for $724,377, is awarded to Ducks Unlimited for improvements to the refuge’s impoundment system that will help it to better manage waterfowl.

Recovery Act Funds Three New Visitor Contact Stations at Central Arkansas National Wildlife Refuges

Augusta, Ark. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $2.8 million contract for three new visitor contact stations and a new maintenance building at central Arkansas national wildlife refuges under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). K-Con Inc., a small business in Charleston, S.C., will design and build the four new buildings under a contract for $2,815,365.

July 20, 2010

Secretary Salazar Announces over $3.5 million of Recovery Act Funding for New Visitor’s Center at North Texas National Wildlife Refuge

Sherman, TX – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has awarded $3,538,235 for a new visitor’s center located at the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Of the over $3.5 million, $2,835,300 was allocated to Imperial Construction, Inc. of Weatherford, Texas to build a portion of the center at the refuge under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).

New Jobs Created in $4.5 Million Recovery Act Project for San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Sacramento, CA – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has awarded a $4.5 million contract for the construction of a new administrative headquarters, visitor contact station, and service building for the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex (NWRC) in Chula Vista, California. PCL Construction Services, Inc., of San Diego received the award ($4,565,746) to construct the new facility, which is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Construction is expected to begin later this month.

July 1, 2010

Major Stimulus Project Creates Jobs at National Research Refuge

For immediate release: July 1, 2010
Washington, DC – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has awarded more than $6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for construction projects that will significantly modernize facilities at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, Md.

DOI Recovery Investments by Bureau