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Today, the Biden-Harris administration’s Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released a report outlining a strategy to meet aerial firefighting equipment needs through 2030.

Interior today announced additional Biden-Harris administration appointees who will join agency leadership to help create jobs in the clean energy economy, steward America’s public lands and waters, and honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes.

Interior today announced more than $24.6 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Indiana.

Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced new efforts to reduce the financial burden on the U.S. territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Interior today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a new rule to strengthen voluntary conservation opportunities under the Endangered Species Act.

Interior today announced a nearly $580 million allocation to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims using funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund.

The Bureau of Land Management-Alaska today completed the final supplemental environmental impact statement for the proposed Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for which there are existing leases.

Secretary Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz wrapped up a multi-day visit to South Florida today.

Interior today released draft guidance to states on how to apply for $500 million in formula grant funding available under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create jobs cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells across the country.

Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor today wrapped up a trip to Hawai’i, Guam and Saipan. Her visit included valuable opportunities to highlight U.S. investments, the importance of partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, and the Biden-Harris administration’s recently launched first-ever National Strategy to Advance Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities.