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Hi, I'm Eric.

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And I'm Shauna.

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And you're at the Minnesota Valley National
Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District.

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And you're watching This Week at Interior.

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This Week at Interior

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Secretary Haaland and Assistant Secretary
for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland traveled

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to Minnesota this week for a series of events
and meetings with Tribes and Tribal communities.

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They hosted the seventh stop on “The Road
to Healing” -- that's a year-long tour across

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the country to provide Native survivors of
the federal Indian boarding school system

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and their descendants an opportunity to share
their experiences.

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They also took part in a public hearing convened
by the Not Invisible Act Commission.

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That's part of a joint effort by the Departments
of the Interior and Justice to develop recommendations

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to guide Congress and federal agencies to
combat the crisis of missing and murdered

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Indigenous peoples and human trafficking.

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Interior this week announced a nearly $64
million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure

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Law to clean up more than 300 orphaned oil
and gas well sites in national parks, forests,

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wildlife refuges, and on other public lands
and waters.

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Methane emissions from many of these unplugged
wells presents a serious safety hazard, and

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contributes to climate change.

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The move is part of a historic $16 billion
through the President’s Investing in America

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agenda to address legacy pollution across
the nation that will create good-paying union

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jobs, catalyze economic growth and revitalization.

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The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season has arrived,
and through November the U.S. Geological Survey

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will provide science to help protect lives
and property if a storm threatens American

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shores.

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USGS has a range of comprehensive scientific
capabilities that can inform decision-makers,

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emergency managers and communities as they
prepare for, respond to and recover from a

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storm.

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That includes forecasting coastal change,
tracking storm surge and coastal flooding,

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and measuring river levels and inland flooding
across entire regions.

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June is National Ocean Month and this week
marks World Ocean Day, celebrating the precious

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resource that touches every aspect of our
lives.

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The ocean helps sustain livelihoods, influences
our climate and weather patterns, and serves

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as a place for exploration and recreation.

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Interior is working hard to conserve the ocean
by ensuring everyone has access to our nation’s

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coastal and marine environments, investing
in a clean energy future, reducing plastic

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pollution on Interior-managed lands, and setting
a goal of conserving 30% of our lands and

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waters by 2030 through the America the Beautiful
initiative.

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Interior hosted the next generation of public
servants this week at the Office of Personnel

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Management's Intern Experience Program Launch.

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Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Management and Budget Joan Mooney spoke at

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the event, which also featured astronauts
from NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration

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Agency, who have all just returned from their
recent mission to the International Space

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Station.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week
announced that more than $24 million in funding

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has been approved for conservation projects
to benefit migratory birds throughout the

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Americas, under the Neotropical Migratory
Bird Conservation Act.

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There are 390 species of birds that migrate
across the western hemisphere to and from

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the U.S. each year, including songbirds, shorebirds
and birds of prey.

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The National Park Service joined the U.S.
Mint this week to celebrate the release of

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the new Eleanor Roosevelt quarter.

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The new coin honors the nation's longest-serving
First Lady, who was also a delegate to the

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United Nations, diplomat and human rights
activist.

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Are you ready to get outdoors?

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Saturday June 10th is National Get Outdoors
Day.

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It's an annual event intended to inspire and
motivate Americans to get outside for a healthy,

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fun day of outdoor adventure.

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We'll be celebrating America's wild spaces
for the rest of June, as we mark Great Outdoors

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Month.

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And our social media Picture of the Week,
the towering, crimson-colored rock formations

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of Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park.

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It was one hundred years ago this week that
Bryce Canyon was first preserved as a national

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monument, before its designation as a national
park five years later.

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That's This Week at Interior