Interior Department Advances Restoration of Historic Names …
Jan 24, 2025 · In accordance with President Donald J. Trump’s recent executive order, the Department of the Interior is proud to announce the implementation of name restorations that honor the legacy of American greatness, with efforts already underway.
Interior Department says Gulf of Mexico now renamed to Gulf of …
Jan 25, 2025 · The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America, the Interior Department announced Friday, while the name of North America's highest peak, Alaska's Denali, has been changed back to...
Department of the Interior repudiates Native name for Denali in …
Jan 24, 2025 · The U.S. Board on Geographic Names, under the purview of the Department of the Interior, is working expeditiously to update the official federal nomenclature in the Geographic Names Information System to reflect these changes, effective immediately for federal use.
Executive Order 14172 - Wikipedia
Executive Order 14172, titled "Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness", is an executive order signed by Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, on January 20, 2025, [1] the day of his second inauguration.. The executive order directs the reinstatement of the name "Mount McKinley" to the highest peak in North America, reversing the 2015 decision to call it by its centuries ...
Interior Department implements 'Gulf of America' and 'Mount …
Jan 24, 2025 · The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday it will implement President Donald Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, a mountain in Alaska.
Secretary Jewell Announces Nation’s Highest Peak Will Now …
Aug 30, 2015 · On March 11, 1975, Governor Jay S. Hammond of Alaska requested that the Secretary of the Interior direct the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to officially designate Mount McKinley in Alaska as Denali. This proposal, never withdrawn, is based on a resolution that was passed by the Alaska State Legislature.
Renaming Denali and the Gulf of Mexico
Jan 22, 2025 · On August 28, 2015, the name Mt. McKinley was changed by Executive Order of the Secretary of the Interior (under the Obama administration) to Denali, citing authority under 43 U.S.C. 364 through 364f.
It’s official: Denali is again Mount McKinley - MSN
The tallest mountain in the United States has been officially reverted to Mount McKinley, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced in a press release Friday.
Interior Department Says Gulf of Mexico Is Now ‘Gulf of America’
Jan 24, 2025 · The Trump administration said on Friday that it had followed through on the president’s promises to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” and return Denali, the ...
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Fund Critical Transportation …
Jan 13, 2022 · The Department of the Interior today announced that $25 million in funding made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will accelerate critical investments in a long-term solution to address the Pretty Rocks landslide in …