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The Department of the Interior today announced a $50.5 million investment through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to put people to work plugging, remediating and reclaiming orphaned oil and gas well sites located in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and on other public lands and waters.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Ohio today to announce $46.4 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mines and to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in Ohio.

During a visit to Saguaro National Park today, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz announced that the Department of the Interior is investing $10.3 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to restore Arizona’s lands and waters through locally led, landscape-scale restoration projects.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Virginia today to commemorate Black History Month and reinforce the Interior Department's commitment to honoring the legacy and achievements of the Black community. During the trip, she also highlighted how investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda are strengthening Tribal communities.

The Department of the Interior today announced a $10 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to upgrade and modernize Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)-owned irrigation projects and power utilities serving Tribal communities.

The Department of the Interior today announced a final rule to update the federal regulations regarding Class III Indian gaming compacts. The Indian gaming industry remains one of the most significant drivers of Tribal economic development in Indian Country.

In commemoration of Black History Month, the Department of the Interior today announced five additions to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network, which was created in 2019 to recognize and amplify sites and programs throughout the country that share stories of freedom, struggle, education and self-determination associated with the period of Reconstruction from 1861 to 1900. 

As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America tour, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Dr. Steve Feldgus and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Principal Deputy Director Sharon Buccino traveled to Illinois today, where they announced $75.8 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands and catalyze economic opportunity in Illinois. 

The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture today announced a proposal to strengthen Alaska Tribal representation on the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB), which manages subsistence use on federal lands and waters in Alaska.