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BLM, Forest Service and Five Tribes of the Bears Ears Commission Commit to Historic Co-management of Bears Ears National Monument
Bureau of Land Management, Utah, National Monuments, Native Americans, Press Release
Participants standing in front of the newly installed Bears Ears National Monument sign
6/21/2022
BLM, USFS, and the five Tribes of the Bears Ears Commission formalized their partnership for co-management of the Bears Ears National Monument.
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Provide $103 Million for Wildfire Mitigation and Resilience
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Press Release
A Wildland firefighter sprays water out of a hose
6/17/2022
Secretary Deb Haaland announced the allocation of $103 million for wildfire risk reduction efforts throughout the country.
This Week at Interior June 17, 2022
Group shot Interior staff and youth volunteers 
6/17/2022
News and headlines from Interior June 17, 2022
Interior Department Revokes Secretary's Order that Wasted Taxpayer Funds, Interfered with Litigation Processes
District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary, Secretary Deb Haaland, Press Release
Department of the Interior bison seal set against green mountainous background.
6/17/2022
Secretary Haaland today issued Secretary’s Order 3408, which revokes Secretary’s Order 3368.
Secretary Haaland Joins Nez Perce Tribe, Army Corps of Engineers to Commemorate Transfer at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho, Office of the Secretary, Secretary Deb Haaland, Press Release
Dworshak National Fish Hatchery facility in Orofino, Idah
6/16/2022
Interior today transferred fish production at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery to the Nez Perce Tribe.
$9 Million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Awarded to Sagebrush Projects in the West
Office of the Secretary, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Secretary Deb Haaland, Press Release
A greater sage-grouse male struts at a lek (dancing or mating ground) near Bridgeport, CA.
6/16/2022
The Biden-Harris administration will invest more than $9 million to restore and conserve strategic areas within the sagebrush ecosystem.
Secretary Haaland Announces Members of the First-Ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee
Bureau of Indian Affairs, District of Columbia, Secretary Deb Haaland, Native Americans, Press Release
Sec Haaland meets with Tribal leaders
6/15/2022
Secretary Deb Haaland announced the launch of the first-ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC).
Indian Affairs Makes Significant Investment to Protect and Preserve Native Languages
Bureau of Indian Education, District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary, Press Release
Native American Student BIE photo
6/15/2022
Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development has awarded $7 million in grants under the Living Languages Grant Program to 45 American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal organizations.
Biden-Harris Administration Approves Construction of Two Solar Projects in California
Bureau of Land Management, California, Office of the Secretary, Press Release
Solar Farm in California
6/13/2022
The Department of the Interior has issued final approval for construction of the Arica and Victory Pass solar projects near Desert Center in eastern Riverside County.
Deputy Secretary Beaudreau Highlights Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments in Montana
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Great American Outdoors Act, Press Release
Deputy Secretary Beaudreau shakes the hand of a park ranger in Yellowstone National Park
6/10/2022
Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau visited Wyoming and Montana this week to highlight investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support wildfire resilience, ecosystem restoration and outdoor access across the state.
This Week at Interior June 10, 2022
Discarded plastic bottles floating in the water
6/10/2022
News and headlines from Interior, June 10, 2022
Secretary Haaland Launches New Indian Youth Service Corps Program
Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, United States, Youth, Press Release
YCC crew repairing boardwalks around Firehole Lake
6/10/2022
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today joined Tribal leaders, community partners and Indigenous youth to celebrate the launch of the Indian Youth Service Corps (IYSC) and unveil the program’s guidelines. 
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Adds Critical Resources to Newly Completed Tribal Water Delivery Project
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Native Americans, Press Release
A body of water next to a rock formation with a blue sky
6/9/2022
The Department of the Interior today commemorated the completion of a major component of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project (NGWSP) that will deliver water to communities within the Navajo Nation and Jicarilla Apache Nation through the Cutter Lateral, a recently constructed water treatment pipeline that delivers clean water to over 1,500 households.
Secretary Haaland Issues Order to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics, Protect Public Lands and Waters
Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, America the Beautiful, Press Release
A little girl refills a reusable water bottle at a water filling station
6/8/2022
On World Ocean Day today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued Secretary’s Order 3407, which aims to reduce the procurement, sale and distribution of single-use plastic products and packaging with a goal of phasing out single-use plastic products on Department-managed lands by 2032.
Department of the Interior Announces Environmental Review of First Proposed Wind Energy Project Offshore Maryland
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Washington, Office of the Secretary, Energy, Press Release
Department of the Interior bison seal set against green mountainous background.
6/6/2022
Continuing the momentum to achieve the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Department of the Interior today announced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will conduct an environmental review of the first proposed wind energy project offshore Maryland.

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