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Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz traveled to Arizona and Tennessee this week, where she highlighted historic investments from the Department of the Interior’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program to expand and rehabilitate urban parks.

The Department of the Interior today announced a nearly $82 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to bring clean, safe drinking water to Tribal communities in the West.

The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced nearly $46 million in investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for ecosystem restoration activities that address high-priority Klamath Basin water-related challenges in southern Oregon and northern California.

The Department of the Interior today announced more than $74 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities across Kentucky. 

The Department of the Interior today announced it will commit over $375 million to fund 36 projects aimed at enhancing recreational opportunities, conserving wildlife habitat, reducing hazardous fuels, and preventing wildfires across Nevada and the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin.

The Biden-Harris administration completed its sixth offshore wind lease sale by offering areas in the Gulf of Maine – the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the Atlantic Coast.

Following years of work, the Provo River Delta Restoration Project is now complete and as of Saturday, Oct. 26, the newly restored Delta area and its associated amenities are officially open to the public.

Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis visited Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge today where a new $6.5 million in funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda will support wildland fire management in Colorado.

Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Dr. Steve Feldgus joined Bureau of Land Management (BLM) leaders in Reno, Nevada today to announce the approval of the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron mining project, a major step towards the nation’s efforts to strengthen domestic critical minerals supply chains.

The Department of the Interior and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) today announced more than $244 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands, create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities across Pennsylvania.