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Since Day One of the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of the Interior has led critical discussions over how to bring the Colorado River back from the brink of crisis in the face of a 24-year drought.

Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis today – at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku – highlighted the progress made under the Biden-Harris administration towards addressing climate change and economic inequity through nature-based solutions.

The Department of the Interior today announced a $125 million investment for five projects in California and Utah that will help create new sources of water and improve drought resiliency. 

Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis today kicked off a week-long series of events, meetings and activities at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku. The Department of the Interior delegation’s participation at COP29 will highlight the progress made under the Biden-Harris administration towards pursuing nature-based solutions and ambitious clean energy goals, addressing drought resilience needs across western states, investing in climate adaptation for at risk communities affected by sea level rise and coastal and inland flooding, and honoring Indigenous communities, including by applying and protecting Indigenous Knowledge to address complex climate and biodiversity risks.

Today, ahead of the third anniversary of President Biden signing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Department of the Interior released a new analysis that estimates that investments from the Law supported more than 28,000 jobs and contributed more than $3.3 billion to the economy in fiscal year 2024.

The Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) announced the disbursement of $16.45 billion in revenues generated in fiscal year 2024 from energy production on federal and Tribal onshore lands, and federal offshore areas.

The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published proposed updates to strengthen conservation and management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands, informed by the best available science, collaborative work with states, and input from local, Tribal and federal partners.

The Department of the Interior today announced more than $140 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands, create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities across West Virginia.

The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Parks Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Mexico's Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources recently signed a new agreement to strengthen cooperation and coordination for the conservation of the American bison across its range in North America.

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz traveled to Arizona and Tennessee this week, where she highlighted historic investments from the Department of the Interior’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program to expand and rehabilitate urban parks.