There were 30 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending March 25, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Notice of Competitive Offer for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands in Saguache County, CO, was submitted on March 24, 2023.

The Interior Department published 15 the week before, marking a 100 percent increase.

The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department has contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Interior Department in week ending March 25

Title	Publication Date
Notice of Competitive Offer for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands in Saguache County, CO	03/24/2023
Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council; Request for Nominations	03/24/2023
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Caracara, Brevard County, FL; Categorical Exclusion	03/23/2023
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink and Blue-Tailed Mole Skink; Polk County, FL; Categorical Exclusion	03/23/2023
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 133 Species in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	03/23/2023
Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	03/23/2023
Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications	03/23/2023
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	03/23/2023
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	03/23/2023
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	03/23/2023
Draft Environmental Assessment and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for Crescent Wind Project, Hillsdale County, Michigan; Reopening of Public Comment Period	03/23/2023
Indian Child Welfare Act; Designated Tribal Agents for Service of Notice	03/22/2023
Notice of Intent To Amend the Resource Management Plan for the Campbell Tract Special Recreation Management Area, Anchorage, Alaska, and Prepare an Associated Environmental Assessment	03/22/2023
Notice of Application for Withdrawal and Notification of Public Meeting, Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed; South Dakota	03/21/2023
Notice of Segregation of Public Land for the Mosey Solar Project, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada	03/21/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Moravian Historical Society, Nazareth, PA	03/21/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY	03/21/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rice University, Houston, TX	03/21/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, Knoxville, TN	03/21/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA, and University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	03/21/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items Amendment: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA	03/21/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: C.H. Nash Memorial Museum/Chucalissa Archaeological Museum, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN	03/21/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA	03/21/2023
Notice of Determination of No Competitive Interest (DNCI) in a Proposed Research Lease Area on the Gulf of Maine Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)	03/20/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Alaska Native Handicrafts	03/20/2023
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	03/20/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grassland Easements	03/20/2023
Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Application	03/20/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, Experimental Populations	03/20/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Big Cat Public Safety Act Registration	03/20/2023