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This Week at Interior

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The nation marked Veterans Day this week,
and Interior officially began granting military

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veterans and Gold Star families permanent,
free access to national parks, wildlife refuges

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and other federal lands managed by the Department.

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Secretary Bernhardt calls the new policy a
tangible and meaningful way to honor the service

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and sacrifice of all those who've worn our
country's uniform.

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For the first time, state and federal wildlife
biologists have come together to map the migrations

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of ungulates across America’s West.

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Ungulates are hoofed mammals such as mule
deer, elk, pronghorn, moose and bison.

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USGS played a major role in developing the
maps, which show more than 40 big-game migration

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routes in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and
Wyoming.

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The Trump Administration this week announced
that it has fulfilled commitments made to

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Western states and tribes by investing $56
million over four years to help prevent, contain

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and control invasive mussels.

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If left unchecked, those mussels can damage
water and power supplies, diminish recreational

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boating and fishing opportunities, and devastate
the economic and ecological health of Western

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waters.

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A new report from Rutgers University says
the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives

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Program has been a boon for theFed American
economy, generating more than twelve billion

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dollars in goods and services and supporting
more than one-hundred thousand jobs in fiscal

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year 2019, adding more than six billion dollars
in gross domestic product.

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The program is run jointly by the National
Park Service and the Internal Revenue Service.

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It provides a twenty percent federal tax credit
to property owners who rehabilitate historic

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buildings for commercial uses while maintaining
their historic characters.

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The Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced
the winner of a national prize challenge to

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defeat white-nose syndrome...the deadly disease
that's killed millions of bats in North America

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and pushed some native bat species to the
brink of extinction.

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The winners are a team of researchers from
Oregon State University and the University

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of California...their proposal is an aerosol
spray to genetically silence the fungus that

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causes the disease without harming the bats,
the places they hibernate, or other non-targeted

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organisms.

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For the first time, state and federal wildlife
biologists have come together to map the migrations

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of ungulates across America’s West.

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Ungulates are hooved mammals such as mule
deer, elk, pronghorn, moose and bison.

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USGS played a major role in developing the
maps, which show more than 40 big-game migration

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routes in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and
Wyoming.

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Interior this week welcomes Byron M. Adkins,
Jr. as the new Director of the Interior Business

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Center.

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Adkins will oversee IBC’s delivery of shared
services to support Interior offices and bureaus,

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as well as over 150 other federal agencies.

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And our social media picture of the week,
where a gorgeous sun rises over Jamaica Bay

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Wildlife Refuge in New York City.

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Established in 1972, it's the only wildlife
refuge in the national park system, and offers

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great opportunities for recreation, and bird
watching.

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That's This Week, at Interior.