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Interior today announced a historic agreement that will mitigate impacts from the worsening drought crisis impacting the Salton Sea in Southern California.

Interior today announced final guidance for Tribes on how to apply for the first $50 million in grant funding to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells.

Interior today announced that the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names will hold its inaugural public meeting on December 7 and 8.

Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Trujillo represented Interior at COP27 of the UNFCCC in Egypt to showcase the administration’s approach to tackling the climate and drought crises.

The administration today announced $109.48 million to catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and New Mexico.

Secretary Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Cantor visited the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to highlight the Department's efforts to bolster climate resilience in the U.S. territories. 

The administration and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation joined partners today to announce nearly $91 million in grants through the America the Beautiful Challenge.

Today, the administration announced that starting on Veterans Day, veterans of the U.S. Armed Services and Gold Star Families can obtain a free lifetime pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites. 

Today, Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue disbursed $21.53 billion in fiscal year 2022 from energy production on federal and Tribal onshore lands, and federal offshore areas. 

Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Trujillo today wrapped a visit to California where she highlighted investments being made through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to tackle western drought.