News

Biden-Harris Administration Agencies Sign Interagency Agreement to Address Wildfire Risk and Protect Communities from Smoke

11/09/2023

Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mandy Cohen announced a Memorandum of Understanding to further their joint work to protect communities from the impacts of wildfire smoke, while promoting land management practices that reduce the risk of large, severe fires.

Read More

Interior Department Signs Agreement with Mexico, Canada to Continue Trilateral Collaboration on Conservation Efforts

11/09/2023

The Executive Committee of the North American Intergovernmental Committee on Cooperation for Protected Areas signed an updated Memorandum of Understanding this week outlining a framework for continued cooperation and coordination among the United States, Canada and Mexico to guide collaborative management, sustainable and responsible use, protection, conservation, and presentation of protected areas across our shared continent.

Read More

Not Invisible Act Commission Transmits Recommendations to Federal Government to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples and Human Trafficking

11/01/2023

The Not Invisible Act Commission, a cross jurisdictional advisory committee composed of law enforcement, Tribal leaders, federal partners, service providers, family members of missing and murdered individuals, and survivors, today transmitted its congressionally mandated recommendations to the Department of the Interior, Department of Justice and U.S. Congress. Federal responses to the Commission’s recommendations are due within 90 calendar days.

Read More

Secretary Haaland Announces Nearly $10 Million from President’s Investing in America Agenda to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Coal Communities in Colorado

10/31/2023

On her second stop on the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in Rural America event series, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was in Colorado today to announce nearly $10 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in the state.

Read More