WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:01.790 --> 00:00:11.040 Hafa Adai! I’m Marijoy Viernes with the USGS Brown Treesnake Project here on Guam, 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:13.420 and you’re watching This Week at Interior! 00:00:13.420 --> 00:00:15.299 This Week at Interior 00:00:15.299 --> 00:00:19.900 Secretary Haaland and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory 00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:25.539 joined federal, state, local and community leaders in Chicago this week to unveil temporary 00:00:25.539 --> 00:00:30.970 signage at one of the three sites of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. 00:00:30.970 --> 00:00:35.800 Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Chicago is the site of Emmett’s widely attended 00:00:35.800 --> 00:00:41.500 visitation and funeral. His mother’s decision to hold an open-casket funeral for her 14-year-old 00:00:41.500 --> 00:00:46.400 son rocked the nation and helped spur the modern Civil Rights Movement. 00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:50.829 The Secretary then traveled to Riverside, California to highlight how investments from 00:00:50.829 --> 00:00:56.340 President Biden’s Investing in America agenda are expanding access to clean, reliable drinking 00:00:56.340 --> 00:01:01.970 water for families, farmers and Tribes. The Administration is making the largest investment 00:01:01.970 --> 00:01:06.300 in climate resilience in the nation’s history and is providing much-needed resources 00:01:06.300 --> 00:01:10.840 to enhance Western communities’ resilience to drought and climate change. 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:15.700 Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau was in Yellowstone National Park this week where he met with 00:01:15.700 --> 00:01:20.540 members of the Youth Conservation Corps. Through the program, young people between the ages 00:01:20.540 --> 00:01:25.920 of 15 and 18 are provided with opportunities to learn, work, and recreate in the park in 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:30.950 a way that is challenging, educational, fun, and expands their horizons while building 00:01:30.950 --> 00:01:36.070 unique skills. The team the Deputy Secretary met with has been working on installing bear 00:01:36.070 --> 00:01:41.650 boxes at one of the park’s campgrounds, which will keep both bears and people safe. 00:01:41.650 --> 00:01:45.170 Interior and the Department of Housing and Urban Development this week announced new 00:01:45.170 --> 00:01:50.750 actions to make it easier for local communities to obtain federal land below market value 00:01:50.750 --> 00:01:54.979 to build affordable housing in Southern Nevada. The collaboration between the Departments 00:01:54.979 --> 00:02:00.079 occurs under the authority of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998, 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:04.079 which allows the Bureau of Land Management to sell public lands within a specific boundary 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.130 around Las Vegas, Nevada, for development. 00:02:07.130 --> 00:02:12.459 Happy 46th birthday to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. OSMRE 00:02:12.459 --> 00:02:18.660 was created on August 3rd, 1977 with the signing of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 00:02:18.660 --> 00:02:23.950 Act, to administer programs for controlling the impacts of surface coal mining operations. 00:02:23.950 --> 00:02:29.251 National Park Service Director Chuck Sams traveled to Grand Teton National Park to mark 00:02:29.251 --> 00:02:33.800 the third anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act – or GAOA. Since 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:40.280 2021, GAOA projects have supported some 17,000 jobs and generated about $1.8 billion for 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:45.370 local economies annually. In celebration of the anniversary, today is a “fee free” 00:02:45.370 --> 00:02:48.890 day at all lands managed by Interior. 00:02:48.890 --> 00:02:53.520 This week we also celebrated World Ranger Day, an international observance that honors 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:58.531 those who protect and preserve special places around the world for future generations. From 00:02:58.531 --> 00:03:04.290 creating trails, enforcing laws, and maintaining sites, to restoring habitat, managing wildlife, 00:03:04.290 --> 00:03:09.580 and educating visitors, rangers may not wear capes, but they do wear a lot of hats. 00:03:09.580 --> 00:03:14.420 And our social media Picture of the Week, the ever-shifting dunes at New Mexico's White 00:03:14.420 --> 00:03:20.519 Sands National Park. The brilliant white gypsum sands make a surreal and breathtaking setting, 00:03:20.519 --> 00:03:25.450 especially during sunrises and sunsets, when the light reflects off the dunes, painting 00:03:25.450 --> 00:03:28.040 the landscape in warm hues. 00:03:28.040 --> 00:03:32.390 Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. 00:03:32.390 --> 00:03:34.170 That's This Week at Interior.