WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:01.960 --> 00:00:04.490 This Week, at Interior 00:00:04.490 --> 00:00:06.759 Celebrating Women's Equality Day. 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:12.030 It was 101 years ago this week that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was certified, 00:00:12.030 --> 00:00:14.929 granting women the right to vote nationwide. 00:00:14.929 --> 00:00:19.439 Secretary Haaland, the first Native American Cabinet Secretary and the third woman to lead 00:00:19.439 --> 00:00:23.750 Interior, saluted the progress that's been accomplished, including the inauguration of 00:00:23.750 --> 00:00:25.820 the first female Vice President. 00:00:25.820 --> 00:00:29.970 But she acknowledged how far we have to go to achieve full equality. 00:00:29.970 --> 00:00:37.170 As we continue to work for more representation, equal pay and equality, we must ensure that 00:00:37.170 --> 00:00:45.350 all women, including trans and LGBTQ+ women, have opportunities to live their lives authentically 00:00:45.350 --> 00:00:48.890 without the burdens of systemic discrimination. 00:00:48.890 --> 00:00:53.940 The Secretary was the keynote speaker this week at the 25th annual Lake Tahoe Summit. 00:00:53.940 --> 00:00:58.679 The summit brings together elected officials, policy makers, federal agencies, the private 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:04.110 sector, and local community leaders in California and Nevada to collaboratively address environmental 00:01:04.110 --> 00:01:07.090 problems facing the Tahoe Basin. 00:01:07.090 --> 00:01:11.670 Interior crews were on the scene this week in the northeast as Tropical Storm Henri made 00:01:11.670 --> 00:01:13.120 landfall in New England. 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:17.780 The storm's heavy rains caused flooding as far south as New Jersey, and USGS crews were 00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:20.390 deployed to keep tabs on water levels. 00:01:20.390 --> 00:01:25.270 Fish and Wildlife personnel were still assessing flood damage at several refuges and Interior 00:01:25.270 --> 00:01:28.430 law enforcement on hand to provide assistance to FEMA. 00:01:28.430 --> 00:01:32.110 Interior this week announced that the Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input 00:01:32.110 --> 00:01:37.130 on a commercial-scale wind energy facility proposed for BLM-managed public land in southern 00:01:37.130 --> 00:01:38.130 Idaho. 00:01:38.130 --> 00:01:43.150 The Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project has the potential to generate 1,000 megawatts of wind 00:01:43.150 --> 00:01:44.150 energy. 00:01:44.150 --> 00:01:48.591 The Biden-Harris administration has committed to increase renewable energy production on 00:01:48.591 --> 00:01:53.149 public lands and waters, including a target goal of permitting at least 25 gigawatts of 00:01:53.149 --> 00:01:56.890 onshore renewable energy by 2025. 00:01:56.890 --> 00:02:01.210 The Fish and Wildlife Service this week published its final regulations governing the annual 00:02:01.210 --> 00:02:04.870 Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Contest. 00:02:04.870 --> 00:02:09.840 Starting with the 2022 contest, Duck Stamp entries will no longer be required to include 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:12.580 a waterfowl hunting reference in the art work. 00:02:12.580 --> 00:02:17.331 "Did You Feel It?" is the signature phrase of the U.S. Geological Survey, and if you 00:02:17.331 --> 00:02:21.610 were anywhere east of the Mississippi ten years ago this week, that answer is probably 00:02:21.610 --> 00:02:22.610 yes. 00:02:22.610 --> 00:02:28.400 On August 23rd, 2011 a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia rang the eastern third 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:32.900 of the country like a bell, with shaking felt from the Carolinas to Canada, from the coast 00:02:32.900 --> 00:02:34.680 well into the Midwest. 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:39.810 An estimated 70 million people experienced the earthquake, the most ever in North America. 00:02:39.810 --> 00:02:44.420 While it caused as much as $300 million in damage, not a single death or serious injury 00:02:44.420 --> 00:02:46.150 was reported. 00:02:46.150 --> 00:02:50.190 She's served for the last fifteen years in the Main Interior Building's Wellness Center, 00:02:50.190 --> 00:02:55.790 now Barbara Hayden is retiring this week after a nursing career spanning more than four decades. 00:02:55.790 --> 00:02:59.810 Nurse Hayden has provided a large range of preventative health services to Interior employees 00:02:59.810 --> 00:03:01.120 with a smile. 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:05.870 Last March she traveled to Wisconsin to take part in FEMA’s mass COVID-19 vaccination 00:03:05.870 --> 00:03:06.900 clinic. 00:03:06.900 --> 00:03:11.900 And with our social media Picture of the Week, we're wishing a happy 105th birthday to the 00:03:11.900 --> 00:03:15.990 National Park Service, officially founded this week in 1916. 00:03:15.990 --> 00:03:20.120 There's no better image to mark that occasion than this stunning view of bison making their 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:24.770 way through the colorful hot springs of Yellowstone, the world's first national park. 00:03:24.770 --> 00:03:28.320 Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and You Tube. 00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:29.520 That’s This Week, at Interior.