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This Week at Interior

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Interior leaders visited public lands across
America to celebrate National Public Lands

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Day and highlight President Biden’s America
the Beautiful initiative, a locally-led effort

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to restore, connect and conserve 30% of America’s
lands and waters over the next decade.

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Secretary Haaland and Bureau of Land Management
Director Tracy Stone-Manning traveled to New

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Mexico to visit the Rio Grande del Norte National
Monument.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha
Williams was in Baltimore at Masonville Cove.

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And National Park Service Director Chuck Sams
traveled to Great Smoky Mountains National

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Park to honor those participating in the nation's
largest annual single-day environmental volunteer

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effort.

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Secretary Haaland and Director Sams traveled
to South Carolina this week to highlight Interior’s

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commitment to help tell a more complete story
of America.

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They toured Summerton High School and Scott’s
Branch High School, sites that will soon be

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part of the Brown v. Board of Education National
Historical Park.

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They visited Benedict College to highlight
investments to preserve Historically Black

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Colleges and Universities, and celebrated
a new cooperative agreement between the National

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Park Service and the University of South Carolina’s
Center for Civil Rights Research.

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Interior this week announced that the Bureau
of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education

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will create Indigenous Food Hubs for BIE-operated
schools and BIA-operated detention centers.

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The food hubs will help source Indigenous
foods, enhance culturally based healthy nutrition

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education, and boost training for healthy
and culturally appropriate food preparation.

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The announcement was made as part of the White
House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and

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Health.

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The Interior Department’s first-ever Secretary’s
Tribal Advisory Committee – or STAC -- held

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its kick-off meeting this week.

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The STAC will ensure Tribal leaders have direct
and consistent contact and communication with

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current and future Interior officials.

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Secretary Haaland announced that President
Whitney Gravelle of the Bay Mills Indian Community

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will serve as the new chair.

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Chairwoman Erica Pinto of the Jamul Indian
Village will serve as vice chair.

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Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
Tanya Trujillo was in Texas this week, celebrating

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a $20 million investment from President Biden’s
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the

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construction of an El Paso Water Advanced
Water Purification facility.

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It's part of a more than $310 million investment
in water recycling and drought resilience

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projects.

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The U.S. Geological Survey this week released
a new report that details the strategic actions

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necessary to reduce the nation’s risk from
landslide hazards.

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The new strategy will guide the way people
study, coordinate responses to and prepare

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for landslide hazards across the country.

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The National Park Service this week released
its annual report on the economic impact of

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the federal historic tax credit.

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That program provides a 20% federal tax credit
to property owners who rehabilitate historic

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buildings while maintaining their historic
character.

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NPS says the tax credit program produced an
estimated 135,000 jobs last year and added

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$7.7 billion to the gross domestic product.

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Joseph Hautman of Plymouth, Minnesota, was
announced this week as the winner of the 2022

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Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest, with his painting
of three tundra swans flying over a wetland.

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Hautman’s acrylic painting will be made
into the 2023-2024 Federal Migratory Bird

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Hunting and Conservation Stamp, or “Duck
Stamp,” which will go on sale in late June

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2023.

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And our social media Picture of the Week,
a stunning snapshot of the season at Cuyahoga

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Valley National Park in Ohio.

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Fall is one of the best times to visit, when
the air is crisp and the autumn foliage reaches

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its peak color throughout October.

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That's This Week at Interior.