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This Week: Secretary Haaland visits Chicago, paying tribute to the lives of Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley; Interior announces more than $300 million in investments to create good-paying union jobs and advance economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands; the Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs completes her first official visits to the U.S. Territories; the U.S. Geological Survey makes a $6 million investment in critical minerals in the Great Plains; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalizes protections for the emperor penguin; we're celebrating the tiny heroes of the night during Bat Week; and our social media Picture of the Week is one of California's ecological and cultural treasures!
Secretary Haaland Pays Tribute to Emmett Till in Chicago
 Secretary Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz hosted a community meeting this week at Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, in Chicago. They heard views on how to tell a more complete story of America, including elevating the stories of the Civil Rights Movement that honor the lives of Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides Millions to Coal Communities for Legacy Pollution
 Interior announced more than $300 million in investments to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and Maryland.
 Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen Cantor completed her first official visits to the U.S. Territories. The Assistant Secretary has traveled over the past several weeks to the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.
 The U.S. Geological Survey this week announced it will invest about $3.2 million to collect a large swath of geophysical data focusing on critical-mineral resources in parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota and another $2.8 million for surveys along the Colorado-Wyoming border.
 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized protections for the emperor penguin under the Endangered Species Act. While populations appear to be currently stable, the Service has determined the species is in danger of extinction in the foreseeable future due to the impact of climate change on its sea-ice habitat.
 This week is Bat Week, the annual worldwide celebration designed to raise awareness about the need for bat conservation. Invaluable for their roles as pest controllers and pollinators, bats can be found all over America's public and private lands, but they face numerous challenges from disease, climate change and loss of habitat.
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