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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was in East Hampton, New York, today to commemorate the groundbreaking of the South Fork wind energy project, the second commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project approved for federal waters in the United States.

The Department of the Interior concluded a series of engagement sessions this week focused on addressing the drought crisis in the Klamath Basin.

 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a record $1.5 billion in annual funding through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Program to support state and local outdoor recreational opportunities, and wildlife and habitat conservation efforts.

Projects will provide drinking water to over 100,000 Utah residents and restore ecosystems.

The Department of the Interior today announced nearly $725 million in Fiscal Year 22 funding is available to 22 states and the Navajo Nation to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AML) as part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

In a new op-ed out today in USA Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland discusses her commitment to ensuring that wolves have the conservation they need to survive and thrive in the wild based on science and law.

The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture today joined the Western Governors Association (WGA) to launch a Task Force on Collaborative Conservation designed to enhance collaboration across federal, state and local jurisdictions and focus on the strategic coordination necessary to meet our collective natural resource management challenges and improve environmental outcomes for communities across the West.

Today, the Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA) convened its annual meeting with territorial governors, members of Congress, and top government officials to discuss critical infrastructure needs in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Today, the White House Council on Native American Affairs (WHCNAA) convened an engagement session with Tribal leaders focused on the implementation of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and public safety resources across Indian Country.

The Department of the Interior today announced $1.15 billion in funding is available to states from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create jobs cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells across the country.