As part of the America the Beautiful Challenge, the Interior Department today announced the award of 74 grants exceeding $141 million in support of landscape-scale conservation projects in 46 states, 3 U.S. territories, and 21 tribal nations. In making the announcement, DOI said that President Biden “invested more dollars in conservation than any other President in a two-year period, [...]
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DOE seeks Comments on Wind Energy Mitigation Strategies
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that it is seeking public comment by Friday, Jan. 12 on its request for information on mitigation strategies for the technical and operational effects of wind turbines on critical radar missions. Required by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the request for information is intended to help the Wind Turbine Radar Interference Mitigation Working [...]
NOAA Seeks Comments on Proposed New Human Use and Non-Use Survey
NOAA today announced that it is seeking comments by Monday, Jan. 8 on its intention to seek Office of Management and Budget approval to conduct a new survey to collect human use and socioeconomic data and information from users and non-users of marine areas, and “fulfill the mandates” of laws including the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, Coastal [...]
Comments Sought on National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy
The National Science Foundation today announced that it is seeking input by Wednesday, Feb. 28 on the development of a National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy that will address the genetic lineages, species, habitats, and ecosystems of U.S. ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters, and support federal initiatives including the National Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, natural capital accounting, [...]
NMFS Seeks Comments on Alaska Aquaculture Opportunity Areas
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is seeking data, comments, views, information, analysis, or suggestions from the public to support the identification of Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in Alaska state waters, including siting parameters that can be used to select potential study areas for further analysis, with feedback due by Monday, Dec. 18. NMFS proposes [...]
Nominees Sought for U.S. IOOS Advisory Committee
NOAA today announced that it is seeking applications by Tuesday, Jan. 2 from individuals interested in filling 10 seats on the United States Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Advisory Committee. Members would serve 3-year terms, beginning Sept. 14, 2024. The Committee is tasked with advising the NOAA Administrator and the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee on the planning, integrated design, operation, maintenance, [...]
Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2023 Convenes in Washington, DC
Day 1 of Capitol Hill Ocean Week began with keynote addresses and announcements from the Biden Administration, including tomorrow’s official publication of the Request for Information on the development of an Ocean Justice Strategy and an imminent official request for input on the Biden administration’s development of the National Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. White House [...]
NOAA Initiates Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska
NOAA today announced the initiation of plans with state partners in Alaska to identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska state waters, making Alaska the third region after Southern California and the Gulf of Mexico to identify such areas. NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service will seek public comments will be sought as the identification process advances. In making [...]
POTUS Proclaims June 2023 as National Oceans Month
President Biden today proclaimed June 2023 as National Ocean Month, calling on Americans to “take action to protect, conserve, and restore our ocean and coasts.” The proclamation highlighted the role of the ocean as a solution to climate challenges, and noted administration efforts including implementation of the Ocean Climate Action Plan, advancement of offshore wind projects, infrastructure modernization [...]
BOEM Completes Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Energy Environmental Review
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced its completion of a final environmental assessment on potential impacts of offshore wind leasing in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, with a finding of no significant impact. BOEM Director Elizabeth Klein called completion of the review “an important step forward to advance clean energy development in a responsible manner [...]
