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This Week: President Biden highlights his administration's accomplishments in his State of the Union address; Interior leaders welcome Governors and Delegates from U.S. island territories to the Interagency Group on Insular Areas; Secretary Haaland travels to Pennsylvania to highlight historic investments to cap orphaned oil and gas wells; Interior announces over $24.6 million to reclaim abandoned mine lands in Indiana; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes a new rule to strengthen conservation under the Endangered Species Act; the U.S. Geological Survey will map Puerto Rico to better understand geologic hazards; construction gets underway at the Desert Quartzite solar project in California; and we're wishing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a happy birthday with our social media Picture of the Week!
President Biden Highlights Accomplishments, Outlines Agenda at State of the Union
 President Biden delivered his State of the Union address this week, highlighting administration accomplishments in his first two years, including passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Interior Leaders Meet with U.S. Territory Representatives at Interagency Group on Insular Areas
 Secretary Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen Cantor this week welcomed the Governors and Delegates of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the annual Interagency Group on Insular Areas.
Secretary Haaland Discusses Legacy Pollution in Pennsylvania
 Secretary Haaland traveled to Pennsylvania to highlight how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is making historic investments to cap orphaned oil and gas wells and revitalize economies.
 The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement this week announced more than $24.6 million to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Indiana.
 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a new rule to strengthen voluntary conservation opportunities under the Endangered Species Act.
 The U.S. Geological Survey this week announced an $830,000 investment from the Infrastructure Law to map Puerto Rico to better understand its geology, including the potential for seismic hazards.
 The Bureau of Land Management this week announced the start of construction of the Desert Quartzite solar project near Blythe in eastern Riverside County, California.
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