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This Week: The nation marks Indigenous Peoples' Day, celebrating the traditions and cultures of Native communities; there are new proposed steps to protect one of Colorado's most cherished landscapes; new funds from the Inflation Reduction Act mean new drought mitigation funding opportunities along the Colorado River; Interior invites public comment on proposed revisions to streamline the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; educators around the nation have a more accurate and comprehensive tool to explain the Earth’s water cycle; this is National Wildlife Refuge Week, a time for Americans coast-to-coast to get outdoors to enjoy the nation’s largest network of public lands dedicated to wildlife conservation; and it’s another taste of an awesome autumn in our social media Picture of the Week!
Honoring Indigenous Peoples' Day
 The nation this week marked Indigenous Peoples' Day, celebrating the traditions and cultures of Native communities. Secretary Haaland hosted a livestreamed event, where she and Tribal leaders highlighted the importance of Indigenous knowledge in stewarding lands, waters and wildlife.
Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Protections for Colorado’s Thompson Divide
 The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture this week announced proposed steps to protect the Thompson Divide area in central Colorado, one of the state’s most cherished landscapes.
Interior Announces New Funding from Inflation Reduction Act for Drought Mitigation
 With new funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, Interior this week announced new drought mitigation funding opportunities to improve and protect the long-term sustainability of the Colorado River System.
 Interior this week invited public comment on proposed revisions to streamline the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The regulations provide a process for returning human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony to Native American and Alaska Native Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.
 Educators around the nation this week have a more accurate and comprehensive tool to explain the Earth’s water cycle, thanks to a new U.S. Geological Survey water cycle diagram.
 This is National Wildlife Refuge Week — a time for Americans coast-to-coast to get outdoors to enjoy the nation’s largest network of public lands dedicated to wildlife conservation, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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