WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:05.960 This Week at Interior Secretary Haaland and   00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:10.360 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams visited New Hampshire   00:00:10.360 --> 00:00:13.400 this week. The Secretary and Director Williams toured   00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:17.520 the Fair Hill Marsh site outside Portsmouth, where a $2 million   00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:20.320 investment from President Biden's Investing in America   00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:25.080 agenda is working to restore salt marshes to benefit at-risk species   00:00:25.080 --> 00:00:28.720 and increase coastal resilience. Secretary Haaland announced the   00:00:28.720 --> 00:00:31.960 launch of the Department's salt marsh keystone initiative,   00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:36.760 a new effort to support Atlantic coastal communities and protect important wildlife   00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:39.680 habitat in salt marsh ecosystems. 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:43.760 Acting Deputy Secretary Laura  Daniel-Davis visited the National  00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:47.760 Interagency Fire Center in Boise,  Idaho this week. She joined  00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:52.080 leaders from across the Department  to announce $138 million in  00:00:52.080 --> 00:00:55.800 new allocations from the President’s  Investing in America agenda  00:00:55.800 --> 00:00:59.280 to help protect communities from  the risk of catastrophic wildfires  00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.760 in fiscal year 2024. The funding  will support the modernization of  00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:07.320 wildland firefighter training,  help reduce the risk of extreme  00:01:07.320 --> 00:01:12.560 wildfires, rehabilitate burned  areas, and advance fire science. 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:15.720 Interior this week announced a  nearly $80 million investment  00:01:15.720 --> 00:01:19.280 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure  Law for the state of Texas to  00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:22.840 continue work plugging, capping  and reclaiming orphaned oil and  00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:26.960 gas wells across the state. It's  the first Phase 1 formula grant  00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:30.040 awarded since the Department  announced last July the  00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:34.440 availability of $660 million  for 26 states to clean up legacy  00:01:34.440 --> 00:01:38.160 pollution sites. These investments  will create good-paying union  00:01:38.160 --> 00:01:42.280 jobs, catalyze economic growth  and revitalization, and reduce  00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:44.240 harmful methane leaks. 00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:47.240 Interior this week joined the  nation to mark National Law  00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:51.400 Enforcement Appreciation Day.  More than 3,500 law enforcement  00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:54.240 professionals serve at the  Department, protecting public lands  00:01:54.240 --> 00:01:57.520 and waters, upholding our  trust and treaty obligations to  00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:00.880 Indigenous communities and  ensuring the public can continue to  00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:04.600 enjoy safe and equitable access  to outdoor opportunities. 00:02:04.600 --> 00:02:07.600 The Office of the Assistant Secretary  for Indian Affairs this week  00:02:07.600 --> 00:02:11.640 announced $1.5 million from the  President’s Investing in America  00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:15.400 agenda to support the restoration  of bison populations and  00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:19.240 grassland ecosystems in Tribal  communities. The funding will  00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:22.600 support Tribally led initiatives  that strengthen bison conservation  00:02:22.600 --> 00:02:26.280 and expansion, improve  management of existing herds, and  00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:30.880 expand ecosystem restoration efforts  in native grassland habitats. 00:02:30.880 --> 00:02:33.600 The Bureau of Ocean Energy  Management this week announced  00:02:33.600 --> 00:02:37.800 the availability of its draft  environmental review of wind energy  00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:41.880 areas offshore the U.S. Central  Atlantic region. Together those  00:02:41.880 --> 00:02:45.280 areas have the potential to  support enough offshore wind to  00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:49.160 power over 2.2 million homes with clean energy. 00:02:49.160 --> 00:02:52.080 And our social media Picture  of the Week comes to us from  00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:56.640 Yellowstone National Park, where  this red fox isn't camera shy,  00:02:56.640 --> 00:03:00.720 it's coping with the cold. Red  foxes are experts when it comes to  00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:04.120 battling cold weather conditions...this  one is staying warm by  00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:08.360 curling into a ball, and wrapping  itself in its big, bushy tail. 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:10.960 Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram,   00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:12.600 Twitter, and You Tube. 00:03:12.600 --> 00:03:21.840 That's This Week at Interior.