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Secretary Haaland Takes Action to Restore Tribal Authority to Adopt Water Laws
Water Challenges, Native Americans, Press Release
River cuts through a forest in soft, low light.
4/7/2022
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today rescinded a memorandum issued in 1975 by then-Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton regarding the authority to approve Tribal water codes.
Secretary Haaland Announces Progress Toward Conservation and Restoration of Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, America the Beautiful, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Press Release
Several pronghorn stand in front of snow-capped mountains
4/7/2022
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced several actions the Department is taking to advance its work on wildlife corridors.
During Puerto Rico Visit, Department Leaders Highlight Investments in Climate Resilience and Ecosystem Restoration
Puerto Rico, America the Beautiful, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Press Release
A group of people wearing USFWS shirts under a clear blue sky
4/6/2022
Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams visited Puerto Rico this week to highlight how investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Great American Outdoors Act will help strengthen climate resilience and ecosystem restoration initiatives on the island. 
This Week at Interior April 1, 2022
Secretary Haaland visits Texas Pueblo
4/6/2022
News and headlines from Interior, April 1, 2022
Assistant Secretaries Estenoz, Trujillo Announce New Anacostia Urban Waters Federal Partnership Ambassador
National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, District of Columbia, Water Challenges, Press Release
The Anacostia River with trees in the background
4/5/2022
Today, Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo visited the Anacostia Urban Waters Federal Partnership to announce Xavier Brown as the new Anacostia Urban Waters Ambassador.
Interior Department Releases Five-Year Monitoring, Maintenance and Treatment Plan to Address Wildfire Risk
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Wildland Fire, Press Release
A firefighter carriers tools and walks by a tree and grass on fire.
4/4/2022
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $1.5 billion to the Department of the Interior’s Wildland Fire Management Program to address wildfire risk and prepare communities and ecosystems against the threat of wildfire by making historic investments in forest restoration, hazardous fuels management and post-wildfire restoration.
Secretary Haaland Celebrates Rappahannock Tribe’s Reacquisition of Ancestral Homelands
Virginia, Secretary Deb Haaland, Native Americans, Press Release
A blue river on a clear day as seen from between the silhouettes of trees.
4/1/2022
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Director Martha Williams today celebrated the Rappahannock Tribe’s re-acquisition of 465 acres at Fones Cliffs, a sacred site to the Tribe located on the eastern side of the Rappahannock River in Virginia.
Investing in Federal Firefighters
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Wildland Fire, Photo Gallery
Small shoot sprouts from a burnt eucalyptus tree.
4/1/2022
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $1.5 billion in fire preparedness, fuels management and post-fire restoration, and fire science.
Investing in Legacy Pollution Clean Up
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Photo Gallery
Pump jack in Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
4/1/2022
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests billions in the clean-up of legacy pollution sites including plugging orphaned oil and gas wells and reclamation of abandoned mine lands. These investments build a foundation for future job growth and new economic opportunities.
Delivering Science Information
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Photo Gallery
Rendering of a research facility.
3/31/2022
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes billions to expand critical minerals research, advance the data preservation of geological and geophysical data, and advance the research and development of the clean energy supply chain. 
Investing in Our Lands, Waters and Wildlife
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Photo Gallery
Snow-capped mountains behind a clear lake.
3/31/2022
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes billions to support programs and projects that will restore habitat, control invasive species, conserve at-risk and listed species, and improve habitat connectivity for aquatic species.
Interior Department Announces $420 Million in Rural Water Funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Bureau of Reclamation, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Press Release
River cuts through rolling hills under a blue sky.
3/31/2022
The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation will invest $420 million for rural water construction activities in fiscal year 2022, as authorized by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Makes Major Investments in US Territories
Hawaii, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Secretary Deb Haaland, Press Release
Open water under clouds, mountains in the background.
3/30/2022
This week in Hawaiʻi, Department of the Interior leadership convened a workshop with federal partners and teams from several of the U.S. Territories — American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands — to discuss strategies to support the successful implementation of projects supported by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in the U.S. Territories.
Investing in Water Management Strategies
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Photo Gallery
What appears to be a lush blanket of ground cover is in fact a major infestation of Water Hyacinth.
3/30/2022
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes investments in water management and drought mitigation, and will maintain aging water delivery systems and create proactive measures to address the impact of climate change on the drought crisis. 
This Week at Interior March 25, 2022
Secretary Deb Haaland at podium with others in West Virginia
3/30/2022
News and headlines from Interior, March 25, 2022

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