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The Departments of the Interior and Commerce announced a $240 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to support fish hatcheries producing Pacific salmon and steelhead. This move emphasizes the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to empowering Tribal Nations and fulfilling federal trust and treaty responsibilities. Fish hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest play a vital role in providing subsistence, ceremonial, and economic benefits for Tribal communities, as well as upholding Treaty-reserved fishing rights. The Interior Department’s Bureau...
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TOPPENISH, Wash. — Secretary Haaland concluded a multi-day visit to Washington state to highlight progress in implementing President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The initiative aims to protect communities from wildland fires and severe drought, restore ecosystems, and strengthen Tribal communities.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Dr. Steve Feldgus traveled to Alabama today to announce more than $20.4 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs, and catalyze economic opportunity in Alabama.
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The Biden-Harris administration has announced new measures to enhance wildfire detection using satellite technology. The Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Forest Service have signed an agreement with the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to utilize data from NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite — R series (GOES-R) for rapid wildfire detection and reporting. This initiative is backed by a $20 million investment from the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, with $10...
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The Department of the Interior has announced a funding opportunity under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for ecosystem and habitat restoration projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin. These funds aim to increase community and landscape resiliency while restoring habitats and assisting in species recovery. The Bureau of Reclamation will allocate these funds, made available through the Inflation Reduction Act, for use in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
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ANCHORAGE — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland concluded a multi-day visit to Alaska today, as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s fifth Investing in America tour. The visit aimed to highlight how resources from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda are enhancing climate resiliency, advancing salmon conservation, and strengthening local economies in Alaska. This marks Secretary Haaland's fourth trip to Alaska since assuming her role.
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BOSTON — Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis traveled to Massachusetts this week to highlight investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). These investments are enabling the Interior Department to deploy unprecedented funding to address overdue maintenance and repairs and meet critical ecosystem resilience, restoration, and environmental planning needs.
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today formally established Blackwell School National Historic Site in Texas as the nation’s newest national park. The park is the seventh national park unit designated under President Biden. Recent additions include the designation of Amache National Historic Site in Colorado, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Illinois and Mississippi, and Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park in Kansas.
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has authorized the National Park Service to prepare a potential nomination for 11 U.S. Civil Rights Movement sites to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The proposed sites are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Virginia, and Washington, DC.
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SHELBYVILLE, Mich.— Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced today the availability of $120 million in new funding supported by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to assist Tribal communities in preparing for severe climate-related environmental threats. The funds are intended for Tribes to plan for, adapt to, or respond to these threats by relocating critical community infrastructure.
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The Department of the Interior announced its approval of the Atlantic Shores South offshore wind energy project, marking the ninth commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved under President Biden's administration. With this approval, the Department has sanctioned over 13 gigawatts of clean energy from offshore wind projects, sufficient to power nearly five million homes.
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NEW YORK — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to New York this week to meet with Tribal leaders and community members, highlighting the Interior Department’s progress in strengthening Indian Country. Her visit underscored the investments made possible by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to empower Tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and prosperity.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration has announced an offshore wind energy lease sale in the Central Atlantic, as part of its efforts to bolster a clean energy economy. The Department of the Interior revealed that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will auction areas on August 14, 2024, which could generate up to 6.3 gigawatts of renewable energy, potentially powering up to 2.2 million homes.
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The Department of the Interior has announced two significant actions to maintain protections on Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-managed public lands in Alaska. These lands are crucial for fish and wildlife habitats, sensitive rivers and streams, and other resources vital to the state's subsistence economy and the way of life for Alaska Native communities.
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today issued Secretary’s Order 3413, which transfers the Office of Subsistence Management (OSM) from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Office of the Assistant Secretary-Policy, Management and Budget, effective July 15, 2024. This order follows feedback through nation-to-nation consultation and the enactment of the Department of the Interior’s 2024 appropriations in which Congress directed a transfer of the Department’s Office of Subsistence Management from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the Office of the Secretary.
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The Department of the Interior has awarded $126.7 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address legacy pollution in Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, New York, and Ohio. Orphaned oil and gas wells are contaminating various areas across the country, posing significant health and safety threats by polluting surface and groundwater, releasing toxic air pollutants, and leaking methane—a potent greenhouse gas.
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The Department of the Interior announced today that over 1,900 state and local governments across the United States will receive a total of $621.2 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024. These payments assist local governments in covering costs associated with essential community services, as they cannot tax federal lands.
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The Department of the Interior has been awarded a Presidential Federal Sustainability Award for its efforts to phase out single-use plastics on Department-managed lands and for its work in strengthening climate resilience through public-private partnerships. Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis attended a ceremony at the White House to accept the awards and commend employees involved in these initiatives.
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was in New Mexico this week to highlight recent actions and investments from the Department to conserve public lands, invest in Tribal communities throughout New Mexico, and build a next-generation conservation workforce.
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The Department of the Interior has announced a $43 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for rural water projects aimed at providing clean, reliable drinking water to rural and Tribal communities. The funds, managed through the Bureau of Reclamation, will support six projects either under construction or in the planning phase across Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, and South Dakota. This follows $733 million previously allocated for rural water projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.