INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
OUTDOOR NOTES: Interior nominee draws favorable reviews 
Conservation groups across the country are applauding President Barack Obama’s nomination of REI business executive Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department.
February 10, 2013
Three Affiliates Tribes chairman Hall named to national trust fund commission
Tex Hall is one of five people nationwide named to the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform. The group will evaluate Interior's management of nearly $4 billion in American Indian trust funds.
By Associated Press , December 12, 2011
$3.4 billion Indian land trust settlement stuck in U.S. Senate filibuster
Caught in the Senate filibuster of a bill to extend unemployment payments is a $3.4 billion government settlement with hundreds of thousands of American Indians over claims that the Interior Department mismanaged their land trust accounts.
By Matt Volz , June 26, 2010
Wisconsin wants gray wolf off endangered list
The state of Wisconsin is again asking federal authorities to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list because its population is the highest since it recolonized in the state.
By Associated Press , April 28, 2010
Sioux tribe member named to lead Indian Affairs
Longtime Interior Department official Michael Black has been named director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
By Associated Press , April 26, 2010
THEIR OPINION: Delist gray wolf, allow Minnesota control
We hope the federal government expedites Minnesota’s request. The gray wolf has recovered in Minnesota, and state regulation will provide the balanced needed between overpopulation of the wolf and protection of the species.
By Bemidji Pioneer , April 11, 2010
Standing Rock getting more law officers
The Interior Department is sending 25 more law officers to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation straddling the South Dakota-North Dakota border.
By Associated Press , April 07, 2010
New report highlights threat of climate change to migratory birds
Climate change threatens to further imperil hundreds of species of migratory birds, already under stress from habitat loss, invasive species and other environmental threats, a new report released Thursday by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar concludes.
By Herald Staff Report , March 12, 2010
AROUND NORTH DAKOTA: Autopsy: Woman strangled ... Man accused of exploiting ex-wife ... N.D. case prompts Nebraska arrest ... more
Authorities said an autopsy has determined that a Berthold woman believed killed by her ex-husband was strangled. The Ward County Sheriff’s Office said Noreen Hail, 44, was killed during an apparent domestic dispute last weekend.
March 06, 2010
Brown pelicans no longer endangered, feds say
After nearly 40 years of struggling for survival, the brown pelican is coming off the U.S. government's endangered species list.
By Dina Cappiello , November 11, 2009
USDA aims to resolve Indian farmers' claims
The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades. The lawsuit, filed in 1999, contends Indian farmers and ranchers lost about $500 million during the past three decades because of discrimination in lending from the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency.
By Ken Thomas , November 08, 2009
Senate eyes 'broken' bureaucracy for new tribes
Federal recognition makes tribes eligible for economic assistance, housing grants and other government benefits. But some Indian groups have seen their petitions for recognition languish for decades without a decision from the Interior Department, including a group with its origins on land that became North Dakota.
By Matthew Brown , November 04, 2009
U of Michigan reviews policy on returning American Indian remains
Facing criticism for still holding the remains of about 1,400 American Indians in its archaeological collection, the University of Michigan will be reviewing its policies on how to properly deal with Indian bones and artifacts.
By David N. Goodman , October 19, 2009
Northern Plains Heritage Foundation to meet
Bismarck attorney Sarah Vogel says the new area will include historic sites near the Missouri River, Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton and Oliver counties. She says residents are invited to help develop a management plan to present to the federal Interior Secretary in three years.
By Associated Press , October 12, 2009
Senator to Obama: Don't delay opening more waters to drilling
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is reviewing a sweeping blueprint for expanded offshore drilling proposed in the final days of the Bush administration. He hasn't ruled out expanded offshore drilling, but he has criticized "the enormous sweep" of the Bush proposal.
By Associated Press , September 22, 2009
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