In a letter dated September 21, 2000 USSecretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt conveyed his decision that the remains of Kennewick Man are Native American under the meaning of NAGPRA and that these remains are culturally affiliated with five claimant tribes.
On September 25, 2000, the Department of the Interior (DOI) released a letter dated September 21, 2000 from Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to the Honorable Louis Caldera, Secretary of the Army regarding the Department of the Interior's assessment of cultural affiliation for Kennewick Man in connection with the Bonnichsen et al.
The Secretary's involvement in the case results from the Department of the Army's delegation of its authority to DOI (accepted in March, 1998) to determine whether the Kennewick remains are Native American under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and to decide on the appropriate disposition of the remains.
By DUANE A. Eight environmental organizations have called upon USSecretary of the InteriorGale Norton to reinstate the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan, a plan to save grizzlies across the region of Idaho and Montana called the Selway Bitterroot Ecosystem that they claim Norton abandoned, the National Wildlife Federation reported.
According to the NWF, Secretary Norton announced that she was "abandoning" a November 2000 Grizzly Bear Recovery plan that was adopted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in favor of a "no action" alternative.
The President of the Society for Conservation Biology, Reed Noss, reportedly said his organization, "urges the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Record of Decision adopted in November 2000 to restore grizzly bears, as scientific studies overwhelmingly suggest this action is essential to recovery of this native carnivore in the lower 48 states."
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