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News Tipoffs - Alaska Editors Newsletter for Saturday December 21, 2024 ( 4 items )  

BLM updates management plan for Rock Springs Field Office
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. The Bureau of Land Management today issued a Record of Decision and approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Rock Springs Field Office. The plan, which replaces the nearly three-decades-old Green River RMP, incorporates significant feedback and input from local stakeholders, including recommendations from the Governor's Task Force. The approved plan  more

BLM, FWS issue decisions for Northern Corridor highway and Washington County's incidental take permit
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ST. GEORGE, Utah The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued decisions regarding the Utah Department of Transportation's 2021 Northern Corridor right-of-way grant in Washington County. In recognition of the need to identify a northern transportation route that will improve east-west traffic congestion in the area, the BLM endorsed the Red Hill  more

Interior Department finalizes framework for future of solar development on public lands
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced an updated Western Solar Plan to help guide efficient and environmentally responsible solar energy permitting on public lands across the West. The plan will guide the siting of solar energy proposals in areas with fewer resource conflicts, advance the nation's growing clean energy economy, help lower energy costs for consumers, cr  more

White House Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Marks Progress Strengthening America's Supply Chains
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (TNSfact) (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Marks Progress Strengthening America's Supply Chains Upon taking office in 2021, President Biden and his Administration immediately got to work addressing the shocks that were roiling global supply chains and moved swiftly to secure key industries for America's economy and national security. Everything in our lives--the food we eat, the medicines in our hospitals, the e  more