WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:01.200 --> 00:00:04.200 This Week at Interior 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:09.280 Interior this week announced a nearly $82  million investment from President Biden’s   00:00:09.280 --> 00:00:14.640 Investing in America agenda to bring clean,  safe drinking water to Tribal communities in   00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:19.520 the West. That will fund 23 projects through  a new program at the Bureau of Reclamation   00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:24.360 established by the Inflation Reduction  Act, the largest climate investment ever. 00:00:24.360 --> 00:00:28.680 The Department this week announced  more than $74 million for Kentucky to   00:00:28.680 --> 00:00:32.960 address dangerous and polluting abandoned  mine lands, while creating good-paying,   00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:39.360 family-sustaining jobs and catalyzing economic  opportunity in coal communities. Millions of   00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:44.240 Americans nationwide live less than a mile  from an abandoned coal mine -- the Bipartisan   00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:51.560 Infrastructure Law provides nearly $11.3 billion  to address this legacy pollution over 15 years,   00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:56.080 facilitated by the Office of Surface  Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. 00:00:56.080 --> 00:01:00.200 Interior this week announced that the U.S.  Fish and Wildlife Service, together with   00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:05.400 international partners Parks Canada, the Canada  Department of Environment and Climate Change,   00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:10.200 and the Ministry of Environment and Natural  Resources of the United Mexican States,   00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:15.040 signed a Letter of Intent strengthening  cooperation and coordinating conservation   00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:20.040 of the American bison across its range.  Secretary Haaland called the collaboration   00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:25.680 “an important step forward as we work to restore  this majestic species and facilitate the return of   00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:32.680 bison to Tribally owned and ancestral lands.”  Saturday November 2nd is National Bison Day. 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:37.280 Interior this week announced nearly $46  million in investments for ecosystem   00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:42.920 restoration activities that address high-priority  Klamath Basin water-related challenges in southern   00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.520 Oregon and northern California. Through the  President's Investing in America Agenda,   00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:52.280 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is  devoting a total of $162 million over   00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:56.720 five years to the effort, including repairing  local economies under agreements signed with   00:01:56.720 --> 00:02:01.880 local Tribes and landowners, along with  state agencies and conservation partners. 00:02:01.880 --> 00:02:06.560 Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and  Parks Shannon Estenoz traveled to Arizona and   00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.520 Tennessee this week, where the Land and Water  Conservation Fund's Outdoor Recreation Legacy   00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:16.080 Partnership Program is helping expand  and rehabilitate urban parks in Tucson   00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:21.080 and Memphis. These investments will increase  access to the outdoors, create safer spaces,   00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:26.400 enhance the visitor experience, improve  accessibility and boost climate resilience. 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:32.480 The Provo River Delta Restoration Project is  now complete. The nearly 260-acre project,   00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:36.600 supported by a $10 million investment  through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,   00:02:36.600 --> 00:02:41.520 is located a half-mile north of Utah Lake  State Park. The restored delta provides   00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:45.760 an improved ecosystem for threatened  June suckers, and the project expands   00:02:45.760 --> 00:02:49.440 recreational opportunities with  trails, trailhead parking areas,   00:02:49.440 --> 00:02:55.200 nonmotorized boat launches, fishing platforms,  and a wildlife-viewing observation tower. 00:02:55.200 --> 00:02:59.920 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management this week  completed the sixth offshore wind lease sale   00:02:59.920 --> 00:03:04.560 of the Biden-Harris administration, and the  first in the Gulf of Maine. This also marked   00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:08.000 the first commercial sale for floating  offshore wind on the Atlantic Coast,   00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.280 in yet another significant milestone  in the Biden-Harris administration’s   00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:15.240 work to meet the President’s goal of  deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind   00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:22.200 energy capacity by 2030 and 15 gigawatts  of floating offshore wind energy by 2035. 00:03:22.200 --> 00:03:28.440 The U.S. Geological Survey this week awarded  $4.8 million to 36 state geological surveys   00:03:28.440 --> 00:03:34.160 to preserve vital geologic and geophysical data  and samples. Funding for the agency’s National   00:03:34.160 --> 00:03:39.040 Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation  Program from the Bipartisan Infrastructure   00:03:39.040 --> 00:03:45.080 Law will expand capacity to safeguard physical  samples like drill cores and geochemical samples,   00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:50.000 along with earth-science assets, all of which  are crucial to future scientific discovery,   00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:54.240 critical mineral characterization,  climate resilience and more. 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:58.840 And our social media Picture of the Week,  some say it's haunted by spirits of the past,   00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:03.560 but there's no denying that the Great Dismal  Swamp National Wildlife Refuge contains some   00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:08.040 of the most important wildlife habitat  in the mid-Atlantic region. It's almost   00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:14.360 113,000 acres straddling Virgina and North  Carolina are also a haven for history,   00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:18.120 as the Great Dismal Swamp served  as an invaluable hiding place for   00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:23.240 enslaved African Americans escaping to  freedom before and during the Civil War. 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:28.000 Make sure you follow us on Facebook,  Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:36.880 That's This Week at Interior!