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This Week at Interior

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Secretary Haaland wrapped up a western U.S.
trip this week, visiting San Diego, Los Angeles,

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Palm Springs and Las Vegas, as part of the
Biden-Harris administration’s “Building

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a Better America” tour.

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The Secretary highlighted how the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law will help local, state

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and Tribal communities tackle the climate
crisis, while creating good-paying union jobs,

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advancing environmental justice and boosting
local economies.

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She also delivered keynote remarks at the
Western Governors Association Winter Meeting,

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discussing how federal and state leaders can
work in partnership to get infrastructure

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investments out to communities as quickly
as possible.

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Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Bryan
Newland completed a tour of meetings with

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Tribal leaders across Washington state this
week.

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During his visit, he saw and heard about the
immediate challenges coastal Tribes are facing

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related to climate change, as well as ecosystem
and infrastructure degradation.

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes
$466 million for Tribal climate resilience

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and infrastructure.

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs this week announced
the launch of its new website dedicated to

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solving missing and murdered cases in Indian
Country.

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The tool draws attention to unresolved cases
involving Indigenous persons that the Missing

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and Murdered Unit is working on.

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The public is invited to help law enforcement
solve those cases.

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Interior took new steps this week toward addressing
the tragic legacy of federal boarding schools

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for Indigenous peoples.

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Interior and the National Native American
Boarding School Healing Coalition announced

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an agreement to share records and information
in support of Secretary Haaland’s Federal

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Indian Boarding School Initiative.

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Those schools separated Native children from
their families and sought to erase their languages

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and cultural identity in the name of assimilation.

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management this
week announced it's completed its environmental

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review of potential impacts from offshore
wind energy leasing activities in the New

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York Bight, a portion of the Atlantic Ocean
located offshore New York and New Jersey.

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The completion of this Environmental Assessment
is an important step forward in advancing

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the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of
increasing renewable energy development on

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federal lands and waters.

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Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
Tanya Trujillo was in Nevada for the Colorado

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River Water Users Association’s annual conference
this week, part of the Biden-Harris administration’s

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“Building a Better America” effort.

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Interior and water agencies across Arizona,
California and Nevada signed a Memorandum

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of Agreement to invest up to $200 million
in projects over the next two years to keep

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Lake Mead, from dropping to critically low
levels.

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Interior also announced agreements to establish
partnerships across the Colorado River basin,

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and new water conservation agreements with
the Colorado River Indian Tribes and the Gila

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River Indian Community.

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Camille Calimlim Touton was ceremonially sworn
in this week as the Commissioner for the Bureau

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of Reclamation, which oversees water in the
west, especially water management of the Colorado

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River.

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She most recently served as the Deputy Commissioner
for the Bureau of Reclamation.

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And Charles F. Sams III was sworn-in this
week as the Director of the National Park

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Service, the first tribally-enrolled leader
in the Service's 105-year history.

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Chuck most recently served as a Council Member
to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.

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The White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy this week released the new 5-year Arctic

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Research Plan...that plan plots out a high-level
strategy for guiding future research to improve

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community resilience and health, support sustainable
economies and livelihoods, and improve risk

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management and hazard mitigation.

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The U.S. Geological Survey represents Interior
on the planning committee, and provides coordination

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and research vital to its success.

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And our social media Picture of the Week,
this breathtaking shot of our Milky Way Galaxy

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in the skies above BLM's Piedras Blancas Light
Station Outstanding Natural Area.

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The station stands on a rugged windswept point
of land along California's Highway One, and

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the remote location allows for clear night
skies, perfect for gazing into infinity, and

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beyond.

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That’s This Week, at Interior