WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.849 --> 00:00:04.130 This Week at Interior 00:00:04.130 --> 00:00:09.350 Secretary Haaland wrapped up a multi-day trip through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama 00:00:09.350 --> 00:00:13.800 this week, where she met with several Tribes to highlight how historic resources from the 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:18.170 Biden-Harris administration are supporting Indigenous communities. 00:00:18.170 --> 00:00:23.800 In Louisiana she visited the Chitimacha Tribe, Coushatta Tribe, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, and 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:29.189 Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, hearing firsthand from Tribal members about ongoing work to 00:00:29.189 --> 00:00:33.610 invest in community infrastructure and the impact of Administration funding. 00:00:33.610 --> 00:00:38.450 In Mississippi she was joined by Bureau of Indian Education Director Tony Dearman for 00:00:38.450 --> 00:00:42.280 a visit with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, touring the site of the Tribe’s 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:45.680 new Choctaw Central Middle and High School campus. 00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:49.980 And in Alabama the Secretary met with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and discussed 00:00:49.980 --> 00:00:55.809 how the Investing in America agenda is helping fund the Tribe’s infrastructure projects. 00:00:55.809 --> 00:01:00.380 Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz and Principal Deputy 00:01:00.380 --> 00:01:05.269 Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget Joan Mooney joined the Secretary 00:01:05.269 --> 00:01:10.570 in Birmingham, Alabama to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 00:01:10.570 --> 00:01:13.130 on what would have been his 95th birthday. 00:01:13.130 --> 00:01:17.080 They joined leaders at the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, which preserves 00:01:17.080 --> 00:01:22.380 and interprets the events, stories and places associated with the nonviolent struggle against 00:01:22.380 --> 00:01:25.960 racial segregation during the mid-20th century. 00:01:25.960 --> 00:01:30.790 Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis and Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy 00:01:30.790 --> 00:01:36.140 Stone-Manning this week announced a proposed updated roadmap for solar energy development 00:01:36.140 --> 00:01:41.270 across the West, designed to expand solar production in more Western states and make 00:01:41.270 --> 00:01:45.439 renewable energy siting and permitting on America’s public lands more efficient. 00:01:45.939 --> 00:01:46.439 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:51.201 The BLM also announced the next steps on several renewable projects in Arizona, California 00:01:51.201 --> 00:01:58.030 and Nevada, representing more than 1,700 megawatts of potential solar generation and 1,300 megawatts 00:01:58.030 --> 00:02:00.790 of potential battery storage capacity. 00:02:00.790 --> 00:02:05.229 The updated roadmap for solar development will help meet President Biden’s goals for 00:02:05.229 --> 00:02:07.610 a net-zero electric grid by 2035. 00:02:07.610 --> 00:02:13.290 The Biden-Harris administration has so far permitted enough wind, solar and geothermal 00:02:13.290 --> 00:02:18.180 energy on public lands to power more than 3.5 million homes. 00:02:18.180 --> 00:02:22.430 The Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are teaming up to help restore 00:02:22.430 --> 00:02:25.400 Chinook salmon and steelhead trout habitat. 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:29.900 This week they announced up to $40 million in grants for projects in California's Central 00:02:29.900 --> 00:02:35.780 Valley that will create or modify existing habitat for spawning and rearing young. 00:02:35.780 --> 00:02:40.980 The U.S. Geological Survey this week revealed its latest National Seismic Hazard Model. 00:02:40.980 --> 00:02:46.180 The new model shows that nearly 75 percent of the United States could experience damaging 00:02:46.180 --> 00:02:51.540 earthquake shaking, based on insights from seismic studies, historical geologic data, 00:02:51.540 --> 00:02:54.390 and the latest data-collection technologies. 00:02:54.390 --> 00:02:59.180 The updated model offers critical insights for architects, engineers and policymakers 00:02:59.180 --> 00:03:03.180 on how structures are planned and built across the country. 00:03:03.180 --> 00:03:07.730 The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced nearly $9.7 million 00:03:07.730 --> 00:03:13.959 to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands 00:03:13.959 --> 00:03:15.430 in Wyoming. 00:03:15.430 --> 00:03:19.630 Millions of Americans nationwide live less than a mile from an abandoned coal mine. 00:03:19.630 --> 00:03:25.350 The President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocates $11.3 billion in abandoned mine 00:03:25.350 --> 00:03:27.500 land funding over 15 years. 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:31.890 The Office of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs announced the selection of two new 00:03:31.890 --> 00:03:36.950 Tribes for the Tiwahe Program Social Services Demonstration Project. 00:03:36.950 --> 00:03:42.400 The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota and the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:45.739 will join eight locations that currently have programs. 00:03:45.739 --> 00:03:51.269 "Tiwahe" is a Lakota language word that means "family" -- the Tiwahe program increases access 00:03:51.269 --> 00:03:54.319 to family and social services. 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:58.930 And our social media Picture of the Week, the Racetrack at California's Death Valley 00:03:58.930 --> 00:04:00.300 National Park. 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:05.730 The dry lakebed is best known for its strange moving rocks, helped along by a rare combination 00:04:05.730 --> 00:04:07.370 of ice and wind. 00:04:07.370 --> 00:04:11.819 We're not talking pebbles, either...some of those rocks weigh up to 700 pounds and have 00:04:11.819 --> 00:04:14.230 traveled over 1,500 feet. 00:04:14.230 --> 00:04:18.570 Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. 00:04:18.570 --> 00:04:20.259 That's This Week at Interior!