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This Week at Interior

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Secretary Haaland visited New Zealand this
week, where she highlighted the United States’

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role as a Pacific nation, and the importance
of honoring Indigenous communities.

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The Secretary took part in several meetings
with Ministers and Members of Parliament,

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site visits and tours.

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The visit came as New Zealand continues to
recover from the devastating impacts of Cyclone

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Gabrielle, and underscored why international
collaboration is critical in the face of a

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changing climate that is bringing increasingly
extreme weather events.

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Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife
and Parks Shannon Estenoz this week visited

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North and South Carolina.

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She highlighted $4.5 million in new investments
from the National Park Service to preserve

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the history of equal rights and help tell
a more complete story of America.

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She also highlighted investments made by President
Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and

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the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership
Program that are working to restore America’s

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lands and waters and expand access to the
outdoors.

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The Departments of the Interior, Energy, Commerce,
and Transportation this week hosted a two-day

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virtual Floating Offshore Wind Shot Summit.

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The meeting convened a broad range of leaders
to advance the Biden-Harris administration’s

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goal of reducing the costs of floating offshore
wind energy by over 70% by 2035.

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Late last year, Interior held its first-ever
West Coast wind sale, where floating offshore

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wind technology will unlock a potential 4.6
gigawatts in the Pacific and create good-paying

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jobs.

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With two-thirds of the nation’s offshore
wind resources in deep waters, floating wind

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can help us reach areas we once thought unattainable
– and not just in the Pacific.

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In fact, the Gulf of Maine is another promising
location.

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And we’re working with Maine, Massachusetts
and New Hampshire to bring offshore wind energy

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to the entire region.

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As that summit took place, the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management announced it's proposing

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the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in
the Gulf of Mexico.

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The proposed sale includes acres offshore
Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Galveston, Texas

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that have the potential to power almost 1.3
million homes with clean energy.

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The Bureau of Land Management this week released
the final environmental impact statement and

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resource management plan amendment for the
SunZia Southwest Transmission Project.

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If approved, this project will allow for the
transport of up to 4,500 megawatts of electricity

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from central New Mexico to markets in Arizona
and California.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week
announced the California spotted owl is comprised

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of two geographically and genetically distinct
population segments.

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After a 12-month study, the Service is recommending
that the Southern California spotted owl be

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listed as "endangered" under the Endangered
Species Act – or ESA - and the Sierra Nevada

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spotted owl be listed as "threatened."

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Both owls are native to densely-forested habitat
that's been severely affected by climate change.

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The announcement comes as the Department honors
50 years of implementation of the ESA this

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year.

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A new immersive museum at the Lincoln Memorial
is on the way in Washington D.C.

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The National Park Service this week announced
it has awarded a $69 million contract for

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15,000 square feet of exhibit space in the
memorial's undercroft.

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That's the space beneath the memorial.

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Slated for completion in 2026, the new museum
will highlight the history of the memorial's

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construction and the role it has played as
one of nation’s foremost backdrops for the

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civil rights movement.

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And our social media Picture of the Week,
shades of green and gold at the Bureau of

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Land Management's Point Arena-Stornetta Unit.

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Situated along the rugged California coastline
and part of the California Coastal National

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Monument, the Unit is a unique and spectacular
area that offers stunning views of coastal

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bluffs, sea arches, sandy beaches and dunes.

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That's This Week at Interior