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This Week: Secretary Haaland highlights the administration's investments in Everglades restoration during a trip to Florida; Interior helps empower states to apply for grant funding to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells; OSMRE announces nearly $30 million to reclaim abandoned mine lands; Interior allocates more than $500 million to fulfill Indian Water Rights settlements; a warming climate spells bad news for the western bumblebee; decades of collaborative conservation efforts on San Clemente Island removes five species off the Endangered Species List; Interior moves to empower Tribal energy resource development on Indian land; and we're honoring World Wetlands Day with our social media Picture of the Week!
Interior Highlights $2 Billion in Everglades Restoration Funding
 Secretary Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz spent several days in South Florida, highlighting the Biden-Harris administration’s unprecedented cross-agency investments in the Everglades ecosystem, including resources for wildlife crossings, fish passages, ecosystem restoration, clean water and natural resilience.
$500 Million in Grants Available to Clean Up Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells
 Interior released draft guidance to states on how to apply for $500 million in formula grant funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells, which pollute communities across America.
Four States Receive Funding to Reclaim Abandoned Mine Lands
 The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement also announced nearly $30 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Colorado, Wyoming, Missouri and North Dakota to reclaim abandoned mine lands.
 The Department also announced a nearly $580 million allocation to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims using funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund.
 Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey have determined that increasing summer temperatures and drought partly drove declines of the native western bumble bee in recent decades.
 Decades of collaborative conservation efforts between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Navy-owned San Clemente Island resulted in five species being removed from the Endangered Species List.
 Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced more than $2.5 million was awarded to 18 federally recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native entities to develop Tribal energy resources.
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