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This Week, at Interior

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Secretary Haaland helped kick off a month-long
celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride this week with

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a visit to the Stonewall National Monument
in New York City.

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The June 1969 Stonewall Uprising was a milestone
in the quest for LGBTQ civil rights and is

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regarded as the beginning of the modern equal
rights movement.

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The Stonewall Inn and nearby Christopher Park
were designated as a national monument by

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President Obama in 2016.

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Interior’s budget could increase by more
than two and half billion dollars under the

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fiscal year 2022 budget proposal submitted
to Congress by the Biden-Harris Administration.

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Interior’s total of $17.6 billion represents
a 17% increase over last year...an investment

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which will help the Department address the
climate crisis, restore balance on public

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lands and waters, infuse critical resources
in Indian Country, advance environmental justice,

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and build a clean energy future.

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Interior joined the Department of Agriculture
this week to announce the list of fiscal year

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2022 projects to be funded under the Great
American Outdoors Act.

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More than $2.8 billion in projects, grants
and programs will support economies, outdoor

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recreation, and access to public lands.

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These investments will create tens of thousands
of jobs, safeguard the environment, and help

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ensure that national parks and public lands
are ready to meet the challenges of climate

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change and increased visitation.

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The National Park Service this week announced
$2.4 million in grants to fund six projects

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in six states under the new History of Equal
Rights grant program.

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That program supports the rehabilitation and
restoration of sites like Paulsdale, the childhood

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home of Alice Paul in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

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She was a significant leader in the women’s
suffrage movement.

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Another site is Miami’s Ace Theater.

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That was a prominent venue for movies, graduations,
proms, boxing matches, and concerts for the

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Black community during the period of segregation.

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The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season started
June 1st and runs through November 30th, and

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the U.S. Geological Survey stands ready to
provide science to help protect lives and

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property.

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When a major storm threatens to make landfall
in the U.S. or its territories, USGS provides

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scientific capabilities and information that
decision-makers, emergency responders and

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communities can use to help them prepare,
cope with and recover from a storm.

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And our social media Picture of the Week...has
paradise ever looked better?

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Not for these four honu, or Hawaiian green
sea turtles, basking in the sun on the sands

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of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National
Monument.

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Green sea turtles are among Hawai’i’s
only native reptiles, returning time and again

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to lay their eggs on the same beaches where
they were born.

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Fully grown they can weigh nearly 700 pounds,
and can live for more than a century.

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That’s This Week, at Interior.