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The U.S. Department of the Interior recently announced Secretary Deb Haaland had been part of the U.S. delegation to attend the inauguration of Paraguay’s new president, Santiago Peña.

Under the Antiquities Act, President Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in northern Arizona on August 8, creating the country's newest National Monument and marking the fifth National Monument created by President Biden.

President Joe Biden recently designated a new Arizona national monument in the Grand Canyon, granting 1 million acres of land to Tribal nations, furthering his pledge on climate resilience and conservation.

The U.S. Department of the Interior recently revealed the bleaching problems for coral reefs. Bleaching happens when coral gets stressed.

David Bernhardt, former secretary of the Department of the Interior, critiques new regulations under the Inflation Reduction Act in a Washington Times op-ed, arguing they will hamper domestic energy production by imposing higher fees and regulatory burdens on federal land.

The U.S. Department of the Interior will allocate $50 million for key water infrastructure in the Upper Colorado River Basin, according to a press release. The funding will be delivered over a five-year period.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to remove the Apache trout from the Endangered Species list Aug. 10.

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham wrote she is "not a fan" of the Biden administration's effort to promote wind farms off the Texas coast.

The land around the Grand Canyon became a national monument Aug. 8.

The National Park Service is providing nearly $9.7 million in Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants to different programs across 12 states to support historic preservation in rural communities across the country.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said that he looks forward to the future of nuclear energy following the announcement from Georgia Power that the new Plant Vogtle Unit 3 is commercially operational. In an Aug. 1 post to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Donalds said the building of the new nuclear reactor aligns perfectly with his "nuclear package," which consists of 20 bills.

Officials of the second-largest island nation in the world are partnering with the Stimson Center and the Western Indian Ocean Research Association to develop a comprehensive coastal-city risk profile.

Two monuments to the American Revolutionary War were recently restored after sustaining heavy damage in rains and flooding. The restoration to the Bridge Monument and the Grady Monument was funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA).

The Biden-Harris administration announced nearly $11 million is available through the Joint Fire Science Program for current wildland fire research opportunities.

The federal government has published draft guidelines to assist public agencies in incorporating ecosystem services into their cost-benefit analyses. On Aug. 1, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published the draft and opened it up to comments from the public.