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This Week: Interior is set to improve federal stewardship of public lands, waters and wildlife by strengthening the role of Tribal governments and Native entities; a new proposed rule would ensure oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf are conducted with the highest safety and oversight standards; the Biden-Harris administration is taking new steps to spur the clean energy economy and create good-paying union jobs; the new Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission meets to craft firefighting and prevention strategies; removal of two dams on a Maine river will restore habitat for fish and wildlife; a new rule to expand hunting and fishing on 38,000 acres across 18 National Wildlife Refuges is out; USGS announces nearly $4 million in investments to improve urban land and waters in 15 cities across the nation; Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge celebrates its 10th birthday and the grand opening of its new visitor center; and our social media Picture of the Week takes you to the "top of Texas!"
Strengthening Tribal Co-Stewardship of Public Lands and Waters
 Interior has released new guidance to improve federal stewardship of public lands, waters and wildlife by strengthening the role of Tribal governments and Native entities in federal land management.
Interior Takes Steps to Strengthen Well Control Rule
 The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement this week announced a new proposed rule that would ensure offshore oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf are conducted with the highest safety and oversight standards.
Interior Sets New “Floating” Target for Offshore Wind Energy
 Secretary Haaland joined leaders from across the federal government this week to highlight new steps the Biden-Harris administration is taking to spur offshore wind operations and help ensure that the transition to a clean energy future creates good-paying union jobs.
 Members of the Biden-Harris administration’s Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission met for the first time this week in Salt Lake City, Utah. They're crafting federal policy recommendations and strategies on ways to better prevent, manage, suppress and recover from record wildfires across the West.
 Interior Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator Winnie Stachelberg was on hand in Maine as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and partners broke ground on a restoration effort funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
 The Fish and Wildlife Service this week announced the final 2022–, the annual update to regulations at individual National Wildlife Refuges and National Fish Hatcheries.
 The U.S. Geological Survey this week announced nearly $4 million in investments to improve urban land and waters in 15 cities across the nation. The projects include monitoring to alert homeowners to threats from floods and other water emergencies, assessing contaminants in urban waterways to improve public health, and more.
 Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge celebrated the grand opening of its new visitor center this week, as the refuge marked its 10th birthday. Valle de Oro's new visitor center will be a place for local families, school groups and community members to deepen their connection with the land.
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