This Week at Interior July 26, 2024

This Week: Secretary Haaland visits Washington to mark progress in safeguarding communities from increased threat of wildland fire and severe drought, restoring ecosystems, and strengthening Tribal communities; in Alaska, the Secretary highlighted how historic resources from the President’s Investing in America agenda are bolstering climate resiliency, salmon conservation, and local economies; more than $20.4 million is on the way from the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands in Alabama; a $240 million investment will support fish hatcheries that produce Pacific salmon and steelhead; there's a new funding opportunity through the Bureau of Reclamation for ecosystem and habitat restoration projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin; the Bureau of Land Management advances nine solar projects on public lands in Nevada and Arizona that could power nearly two million homes with clean energy; the Biden-Harris administration announces new steps to safeguard western communities in the face of increasingly dangerous and intense wildland fires; and we celebrate a landmark law in our social media Picture of the Week! Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube!

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