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This Week: Interior's annual Convocation Awards recognize employees who go above and beyond; September 11th remembrance activities will be held at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania; the Secretary visits sacred Tribal lands in Nevada; the Board on Geographic Names votes to replace the names of nearly 650 geographic places using a derogatory word; Interior leaders travel to Stockholm for World Water Week; there's new guidance for Tribes applying for federal funding to clean up orphan oil and gas wells; Interior seeks public comment on a proposed wind energy project off Rhode Island; and we take you to the Utah desert for our social media Picture of the Week!
Secretary Haaland Salutes Service at the 2022 DOI Convocation Honor Awards
 Secretary Haaland and Deputy Secretary Beaudreau this week took part in Interior's annual Convocation Awards Ceremony. The awards, established in 1948, recognize employees for their heroism, career accomplishments or exceptional support of the Department's mission.
9/11 Remembered at Flight 93 National Memorial
 This Sunday marks 21 years since the September 11th terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and aboard United Flight 93. Secretary Haaland will take part in the Flight 93 National Memorial's annual observance Sunday in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to honor the 40 passengers and crew members who perished that day.
Secretary Haaland Meets with Tribal, Local Leaders in Southern Nevada
 Secretary Haaland visited public lands in southern Nevada this week to meet with Tribal and local community leaders and to experience a landscape considered sacred by several Tribal nations, an area in the Mojave Desert known as Avi Kwa Ame, or Spirit Mountain.
Replaces the Names of 650 Geographic Places
 Interior this week announced that the Board on Geographic Names has voted on the final replacement names for nearly 650 geographic places currently using a derogatory word for Indigenous women.
 Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo was in Stockholm for World Water Week. She joined Interior scientists to present nature-based solutions for water management to address drought and climate change.
 Interior has released draft guidance on how to apply for the first $50 million in grant funding available this year under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up orphaned oil and gas well sites on Tribal lands.
 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management this week invited public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Revolution Wind energy project. The project offshore Rhode Island could power more than 300,000 homes per year.
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