NEWSWAVE NEWS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR: OCEAN, GREAT LAKES AND COASTS NEWSWAVE—Winner of NAGC’s 2015 Blue Pencil Award Spring 2017 Secretary Zinke Volcano Firehose Announces 73-Million By Ann Tihansky (USGS) Acre Proposed Lease On January 3, 2017, a "firehose" of Sale in the Gulf of lava began pouring into the ocean at Kamokuna, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Mexico National Park, Kīlauea. The U.S. By Caryl Fagot (BOEM) Geological Survey (USGS) and National Park Service (NPS) con- On March 6, 2017, Secretary Zinke tinue monitoring this phenomenon announced lease proposals for oil and as the volcano continues to make natural gas development on 73 million new land on the island. acres of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). On January 3, Hawai‘i Volcanoes eruption crew As of April 26, the firehose of lava rangers worked to reestablish a new coastal lava continues to pour into the ocean at viewing area at Kamokuna at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Photo credit: Janice Wei, NPS See Volcano Firehose page 3 Special Feature—Postcards from the Pacific Northwest See story, pages 16–18 Wisdom Hatches Arctic Youth The Gulf of Mexico hosts most of the oil rigs Another Chick! Ambassadors on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. Photo Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild By Ann Tihansky (USGS) credit: BOEM bird, is a mom again! The 66-year old Macy Rae Kenworthy, a native of “Opening more Federal lands and Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) successfully hatched her newest chick at Kotzebue, Alaska, is one of 22 Arc- waters to oil and gas drilling is a pillar Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and tic Youth Ambassadors who were of President Trump’s plan to make the Battle of Midway National Memorial. Mom selected to share her experiences from United States energy independent,” and chick are shown in the photo below her childhood as an Iñupiaq, as well as Secretary Zinke said. “The Gulf is taken by USFWS Volunteer Naomi Blinick. her perspective on the challenges cli- a vital part of that strategy to spur mate change presents to Alaska Native economic opportunities for industry, cultures for the year 2015–16. states, and local communities, to create jobs and home-grown energy “With climate change, the seasons are and to reduce our dependence on shifting. Our spring season is longer, foreign oil.” which means it takes longer for the ice to dissolve, but the period in which The first sale, Proposed Lease Sale the ice is unsafe to travel on is longer. 249, will include about 13,725 un- This impacts our seal hunting, which leased blocks and is scheduled for is a vital source of food for my com- auction on August 16, 2017. The munity, especially with grocery costs Bureau of Ocean Energy Management so high. I finally started paying close See Gulf of Mexico Lease page 3 See Ambassadors page 4 NEWSWAVE • Spring 2017 Connect to Images and Multimedia via Social Media In This Edition LIKE us on Facebook: Proposed Lease Sale .......................1 https://www.facebook.com/USInterioroceanscoastsgreatlakes/ Wisdom Hatches Another Chick! ...1 Arctic Youth Ambassadors .............1 LEARN more about Wisdom! 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Moni- tor the status here: https://www.nps. gov/havo/planyourvisit/lava2.htm Watch the videos: Video: You can watch the “firehose” of lava pouring into the ocean as NPS Ranger Jozie explains this unique phe- nomenon and the challenges for keep- ing visitors safe: https://www.nps.gov/ media/video/view.htm?id=9C24F08A- 1DD8-B71B-0B377D7C71CC9CDC A close up view of the lava “firehose” and the explosive nature of the lava as it reacts with the seawater. Photo credit: USGS Video credit: Janice Wei, NPS Gulf of Mexico Lease continued from page 1 Video: Sea cliff collapse: https:// (BOEM) developed proposed lease hvo.wr.usgs.gov/multimedia/uploads/ terms after extensive environmental multimediaFile-1629.mp4 and economic analysis, and the lease Video credit: USGS includes provisions that mitigate adverse effects on protected species Video: Tina Neal, USGS Scientist and other biological resources. The at Hawai‘ian Volcano Observatory, final terms of the lease will be pub- gave a presentation on the lava delta lished at least 30 days before the sale collapse that occurred on January 3, in the Final Notice of Sale. 2017, and created the lava “fire- hose.” https://www.youtube.com/ Read about Lease Sale 249: https:// watch?v=pjs_XSoFO30 www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary- zinke-announces-proposed-73-million-