Interior News Archives

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says three rural water projects in North Dakota and South Dakota will share $93 million under the federal economic stimulus package.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 06/26/2009 9:28 AM More cheers for earmarks in Lake County! Wednesday's Madison Daily Leader reports that Senator Tim Johnson shoehorned $400K into the Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill to help build a sewer system around Brant Lake.

South Dakota tribal leaders have listened for years to federal officials who promise to confront the challenge of providing adequate health care to Native Americans, primarily through the chronically underfunded Indian Health Service.

INTERIOR - Travelers can pocket the normal $15-per-vehicle entrance fee during three summer weekends at Badlands National Park in western South Dakota.