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This Week at Interior

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The Department of the Interior
and Bureau of Reclamation announced

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potential alternatives to guide operations
at Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams

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to address the unprecedented water
shortages in the Colorado River Basin.

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Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau
and Commissioner Camille Calimlim

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Touton joined representatives
from the Colorado Basin states

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and Tribes at Hoover Dam to outline
proposed measures to protect

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water deliveries
and hydropower production.

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Recognizing the severity of this crisis
and the reality that the system

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is changing in profound ways,
the Biden Administration

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has been working to bring every tool,
every resource to bear

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as we seek to both minimize
the impacts of the drought

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and develop long term plans to facilitate

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water conservation and economic growth.

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Secretary Haaland was in New Jersey
to tour the Bureau

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of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's
National Oil

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Spill Response Research and Renewable
Energy Test Facility.

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BSEE is developing new technologies
and training to better plan for

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and respond to oil spills,
as well as to advance new renewable

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energy science and technologies
such as marine kinetic energy.

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She also visited the Old Barracks
Museum in Trenton, which is playing

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an important role in the effort
to tell a more complete story of America.

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Interior joined
the Department of Agriculture this week

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to host a three-day summit in Boise,
Idaho, to spearhead the development

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of a joint wildland
firefighter behavioral health program.

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The program is funded through
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will

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deliver more robust mental health services
to wildland fire personnel.

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The new program will establish year-round
prevention and mental health training,

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provide post-traumatic stress
care, enhance capacity

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for critical incident stress management,
and create a new system of trauma

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support services
with an emphasis on early intervention.

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As part of the continued work
by the Departments of the Interior

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and Justice to implement the Not Invisible
Act and combat the crisis of missing

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and murdered Indigenous peoples,
the Not Invisible Act Commission

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held its first public hearing this week.

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The first of six in-person
hearings was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma,

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with the next hearing scheduled for later
this month in Alaska.

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Hearings include both panel discussions
and a public comment period.

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A national virtual field
hearing will be held later in summer 2023.

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The Bureau of Land Management has approved
construction

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of the 732-mile TransWest Express Project.

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The high-voltage transmission line
will extend from south-central Wyoming

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through northwestern Colorado and central
Utah, ending in southern Nevada.

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The project will carry electricity
generated by the largest onshore

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wind generation project in North America
and helps deliver clean, reliable

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and affordable electricity
that lowers costs for consumers.

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The Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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announced more than $5.7
million in fiscal year 2022.

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funding from President Biden's
Bipartisan Infrastructure

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Law to reclaim abandoned
mine lands in Utah.

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Millions of Americans nationwide live
less than a mile

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from a dangerous abandoned coal mine,
which can leak methane.

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AML reclamation
projects enable economic revitalization

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by reclaiming hazardous land
for recreational facilities and other

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economic redevelopment uses
like advanced manufacturing,

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rare earth mineral extraction
and renewable energy deployment.

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The National
Park Service joined the White House

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for its annual Easter Egg Roll.
Held on the South Lawn of the White House,

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the event was filled

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with exciting activities
for the whole family, including story time,

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games, live entertainment
and the traditional Easter Egg Roll.

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The Easter Egg Roll began
unofficially in the 1870s, when children

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would roll eggs and themselves down
Capitol Hill on Easter Monday,

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but it took a toll on the grounds.

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Two years after Congress
forbid the activity,

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President Rutherford
B. Hayes issued an order that children

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would be allowed to roll Easter Eggs
on the White House lawn instead.

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And our social media Picture of the Week
honors National Pet Day.

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Tater Tot visited Big South Fork
National River and Recreation Area

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in Tennessee where Tater Tot’s parents
remembered to B.A.R.K.

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That is too Bag
your pet’s waste, Always leash your pet,

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Respect wildlife, and Know where you can go
with a pet ahead of time.

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Your pet can be a B.A.R.K. ranger, too,
while visiting your public lands.

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Make sure you follow us on Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

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That's This Week, at Interior.