WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:04.160 Greetings from the African American Monument in Vicksburg National Military Park. 00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:07.200 You’re watching This Week, at Interior. 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:10.320 This Week at Interior 00:00:11.280 --> 00:00:16.080 Secretary Haaland was on the road this week, taking part in a multi-state tour to explore 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:19.680 how Interior can play a role in telling America’s story. 00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:25.360 First stop was Mississippi, where she visited sites associated with the 1955 murder of 14-year 00:00:25.360 --> 00:00:26.720 old Emmet Till. 00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:31.200 His story captured national attention and helped catalyze the struggle for equal rights 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:33.760 in Mississippi and across the nation. 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:38.400 The Secretary also visited the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, which 00:00:38.400 --> 00:00:41.200 celebrates the lives of those two civil rights activists. 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:45.600 Medgar Evers’ assassination marked the first murder of a nationally significant leader 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:47.440 of the American Civil Rights Movement. 00:00:48.080 --> 00:00:52.880 The Secretary then traveled to Alabama, where she visited significant sites associated with 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:54.240 the civil rights movement. 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:58.480 At the Selma Interpretive Center operated by the National Park Service, she met with 00:00:58.480 --> 00:01:03.040 community leaders and foot soldiers who fought for voting rights in 1965. 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:07.120 She was also briefed on ongoing projects to expand the interpretive facilities of the 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:09.680 Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:14.240 Then she traveled to Birmingham, visiting the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, 00:01:14.240 --> 00:01:19.280 which preserves and interprets the events, stories, and places associated with the nonviolent 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:22.800 struggle against racial segregation during the mid-20th century. 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:27.920 Secretary Haaland was in East Hampton, New York this week to commemorate the groundbreaking 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:30.320 of the South Fork wind energy project. 00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:35.040 This is the second commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project approved for federal waters 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:36.560 in the United States. 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:41.280 The South Fork project will be located offshore Rhode Island and New York and have a capacity 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:47.040 of 130 megawatts of wind energy — enough to power over 70,000 homes and businesses. 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:51.280 The South Fork project was approved by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in November 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:52.640 2021. 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:57.040 The Bureau of Indian Affairs this week announced a series of reforms to the Office of Justice 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:02.000 Services Correctional Program to protect the rights, dignity and safety of those being 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.280 held in custody. 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:08.800 BIA launched a three-month review in the Fall of 2021 after concerning reports about the 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:14.160 treatment of incarcerated individuals, to include 16 inmate deaths in custody between 00:02:14.160 --> 00:02:16.400 2016 and 2020. 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:21.200 The National Park Service says the number of park visitors is climbing back to pre-pandemic 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:21.920 levels. 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:28.080 Nearly 300 million people visited national parks in 2021, an increase of 60 million over 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:29.280 2020 numbers. 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:33.520 And some of the nation's most famous parks actually set a record for the number of visitors 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:34.080 last year. 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:37.040 Several Interior bureaus this week submitted  00:02:37.040 --> 00:02:39.600 their plans for putting the  Bipartisan Infrastructure 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:40.800 Law into action. 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:44.560 Those plans are a significant step in the Department’s efforts to help communities 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:49.120 tackle the climate crisis and address legacy pollution while creating good-paying union 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:53.440 jobs, advancing environmental justice, and boosting local economies. 00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:58.720 The National Park Service this week announced a $31 million award for the rehabilitation 00:02:58.720 --> 00:03:01.760 of a 17-mile stretch of the Foothills Parkway. 00:03:01.760 --> 00:03:06.000 The funding is made available from a Great American Outdoors Act project with the Federal 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:07.600 Highway Administration. 00:03:07.600 --> 00:03:12.800 Congress established the Foothills Parkway in 1944 as a scenic parkway that would provide 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:17.840 magnificent views into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:22.960 And our social media Picture of the Week, Maryland’s historic Blackwater National 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:24.400 Wildlife Refuge. 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:30.800 Established in 1933 as a sanctuary for migrating birds, the refuge also celebrates the life 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:35.200 and history of Harriet Tubman, who was born nearby two hundred years ago. 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:39.600 She risked her life to help hundreds of enslaved people escape to freedom through the Underground 00:03:39.600 --> 00:03:40.560 Railroad. 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:44.800 Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and You Tube. 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:53.040 That's This Week at Interior.