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This Week: Secretary Haaland visits Australia to showcase the interconnectedness of Interior’s mission with those of our international counterparts; Deputy Secretary Beaudreau highlights the progress made to address the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis; Interior announces major investments in water conservation and reliability in the Upper Colorado River Basin; the Biden-Harris administration outlines its strategy to meet aerial firefighting equipment needs; a once-threatened bird is poised for a major comeback; we'll tell you how Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments are remediating orphaned oil and gas wells on wildlife refuges; archaeologists find artifacts and the foundation of a substantial brick building at the birthplace of Harriet Tubman; USGS evaluates mine waste as a potential source of critical minerals; and we'll take you to one of the world's great natural wonders in our social media Picture of the Week!
Secretary Haaland, Interior Leaders Visit Australia
 Secretary Haaland visited Australia this week, highlighting the importance of Indigenous Knowledge, collaborative conservation and international partnerships to inform the global effort to fight the climate crisis.
Deputy Secretary Beaudreau Speaks at White House Panel on Human Trafficking
 Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau took part in the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, highlighting the progress that Interior has made to address the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis since Secretary Haaland established the Missing and Murdered Unit two years ago.
Biden-Harris Administration Delivers $728 Million in Historic Investments to Fight Drought
 Interior this week announced a $728 million investment to deliver clean, reliable drinking water to rural and Tribal communities, support water conservation in the Upper Colorado River Basin, and complete projects to improve water supply reliability.
 The Biden-Harris administration’s Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released a report this week, outlining its strategy to meet aerial firefighting equipment needs through 2030.
 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove the wood stork from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. Wood storks are the only species of stork breeding in the United States, and once numbered fewer than 5,000 nesting pairs; today that number has doubled.
 Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams visited Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana to highlight Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments to remediate orphaned oil and gas wells in the refuge.
 National Park Service Director Chuck Sams joined local, state and federal partners at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center to announce the discovery of a home where enslaved people lived on the Thompson Farm, the birthplace of Harriet Tubman.
 The U.S. Geological Survey is making $5 million in grants available under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to collect data on mine waste. Some critical minerals are known to occur alongside more commonly mined minerals.
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