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This Week: A new order from Secretary Haaland establishes a Climate Change Task Force; the Secretary prepares for her keynote address at the 20th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; USGS and NASA team up for a new look at Earth; the National Park Service takes over the memorial to the "war to end all wars"; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is helping to restore coastal resiliency in South Florida; Interior celebrates World Art Day, NPS rolls out a new mobile app just in time for National Park Week, and a newborn baby bison stands up for the first time in our social media Picture of the Week!
Secretarial Order Establishes Climate Change Task Force
 Secretary Haaland issued a new Secretarial Order establishing a Climate Task Force to coordinate work across the Department, including accelerating renewable energy development and identifying actions to foster investments in energy communities.
Secretary Haaland to Head US Delegation to United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
 Secretary Haaland will deliver a keynote address at the 20th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on April 19th. Indigenous peoples around the world are disproportionally impacted by the ongoing health, economic, climate, and racial injustice crises.
USGS Teams Up With NASA for Release of Earth 3D Timelapse
 USGS teamed up with NASA this week for a virtual event announcing the global release of Google’s “Earth 3D Timelapse” visualization tool. That's an interactive 3D exploration layer on Google Earth from an in-orbit perspective. It uses nearly 40 years of Landsat Earth observation data.
NPS Takes Over Management of WWI Memorial
 The National Park Service formally takes over management of the National World War I Memorial this week from the World War I Centennial Commission. The memorial is currently under construction along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., just one block east of the White House. It commemorates the service and sacrifice of the more than 116,000 Americans who died in that conflict, and the 4.7 million Americans who served in uniform from 1917 to 1918. The memorial is scheduled for completion in 2024.
BOEM Takes Steps to Restore Coastal Resiliency
 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced it's negotiated a lease with St. Johns County, Florida, to provide access to approximately 1.1 million cubic yards of sand and sediment. BOEM will use that to rebuild five miles of dunes on South Ponte Vedra Beach to help restore coastal resiliency.
 Thursday April 15th was World Art Day, an international celebration to promote creative activity around the globe. Interior manages one of the world's largest museum collections—over 73 million cultural artifacts and natural history specimens, including more than a hundred thousand works of art.
 Just in time for National Park Week, the new National Park Service mobile app is now available across the country. Created by park rangers with visitors in mind, the NPS App gives the public up-to-date information about all 423 national parks in one easy-to-use app. National Park Week starts Saturday April 17th and runs through April 25th. The new app will help visitors discover their next national park adventure and learn more about these incredibly special places.
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