Grant will support coastal conservation activities in Gulf Shores, Alabama

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Department has awarded an $8 million grant to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for a conservation education initiative that will restore part of the historic Gulf State Park Pier.  (06/30/2009)

Summary of Results

NEW ORLEANS — The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has accepted high bids valued at $690,163,194.40 and awarded 328 leases to the successful high bidders who participated in Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208.  Funds from the total high bids will be distributed to the general fund of the U. S. Treasury, shared with the affected States, and set aside for special uses that benefit all fifty states.  (06/29/2009) 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today appointed Liz Birnbaum, an attorney with two decades of Federal Government and private sector experience in energy and environmental policy, as Director of the Department’s Minerals Management Service.  The appointment does not require Senate confirmation.  (06/25/2009)  

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Calling it a major step forward in President Obama’s new energy frontier, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, joined by New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine, today issued five exploratory leases for renewable wind energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore New Jersey and Delaware.  (06/23/2009)  

NEW ORLEANS – The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a $276,000 grant through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) to Mississippi’s Department of Marine Resources to build a new Marine Education Center in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.  This is the first CIAP grant to be awarded since the state’s overall plan was approved in February 2009.  (06/01/2009)  

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Department of the Interior will host 12 public workshops this month to discuss the newly-issued regulatory program for renewable energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.  (06/01/2009)  

Plaquemines Parish receives grant in combination with previous CIAP award

NEW ORLEANS – The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a $6 million grant to Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for the East Grand Terre Island Restoration Project.  (05/06/2009)  

Funding to help conserve and protect state’s shoreline environments.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service announced today the approval of Alabama’s Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) Plan, calling it a major step forward in providing $51.1 million to the state of Alabama in the coming year, representing the first two years of funding under CIAP.  (04/21/2009)

Impact Assistance Funds will Help Gulf States, Alaska and California to Restore and Protect Coastal Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Six U.S. coastal states will share nearly half a billion dollars from offshore oil and gas revenues in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 to help restore and protect coastal wetlands, wildlife habitat and marine areas, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said today.  (04/20/2009)

Coastal Impact Assistance Program provides for erosion protection of Pelican Island.

NEW ORLEANS – The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has awarded a grant for $1,005,612 to the Texas General Land Office through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) for Pelican Island erosion protection.  (04/17/2009)  

NEW ORLEANS – The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has scheduled the next oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 210 will be held in New Orleans on August 19, 2009.  (04/02/2009)  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than $25 million will be paid to Gulf of Mexico coastal states and communities this week as their share of bonuses and rents on energy leases in federal waters off their coasts, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today.  (03/23/2009)  

NEW ORLEANS – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208, held today in New Orleans, attracted $703,048,523 in high bids. (03/18/2009)