Interior Announces $14 Million in Payments to Rural Schools in Western Oregon Counties

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Interior Announces $14 Million in Payments to Rural Schools in Western Oregon Counties

Washington – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced today that the Bureau of Land Management will issue payments totaling $14 million for Fiscal Year 2018 to 18 counties in western Oregon eligible under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act extension. The BLM manages the Secure Rural Schools program n Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands, known as the O&C Lands, n concert with the U.S. Forest Service.

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Secretary Zinke Creates New Council for Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation

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Secretary Zinke Creates New Council for Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation

Continuing his unyielding support for hunting, fishing, and the American conservation ethic, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the creation of the Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council. The Council is intended to provide the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture with advice regarding the establishment and implementation of existing and proposed policies and authorities with regard to wildlife and habitat conservation. The Council will examine ways to benefit wildlife resources; encourage partnership among the public, the sporting conservation organizations, state, tribal, territorial, and federal government; and benefit recreational hunting and recreational shooting

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Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement Terminates

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Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement Terminates

On Thursday, December 21, Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke called Klamath Tribal Chairman Don Gentry to notify him directly of his intention to issue a Negative Notice to terminate the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement (UKBCA). Upon publication in the Federal Register on December 28, the Comprehensive Agreement was effectively terminated. The Negative Notice, issued in accordance with the Tribe’s request, is the Secretary’s determination affirming that one or more of the conditions of the UKBCA could not be satisfied and was the final step, unless challenged, to terminate the UKBCA.

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Walden Issues Statement on Recommendations for Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

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Walden Issues Statement on Recommendations for Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) today released the following statement on U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke's final report outlining recommendations to the President on the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument:

“I appreciate Secretary Zinke's willingness to come to southern Oregon this summer to meet with passionate people on all sides of the issue before making his decision," said Walden. "This recommendation responds to the concerns I heard raised by foresters, private land owners, county commissioners, ranchers, and others.

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Zinke Recommends Modifications to the Boundary of Cascade-Siskiyou

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Zinke Recommends Modifications to the Boundary of Cascade-Siskiyou

Today, in accordance with President Donald J. Trump’s April 26, 2017, Executive Order (EO), U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke released the final report outlining recommendations he made to the President on some national monument designaons under the Antiquities Act.

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