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This Week: Interior announced alternatives to protect the Colorado River Basin; Secretary Haaland travels to New Jersey to tour an Oil Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility; the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture spearhead a joint wildland firefighter behavioral health program; the Not Invisible Act Commission held its first public hearing in Tulsa; the Bureau of Land Management approved a transmission line to carry renewable energy across the west; the state of Utah received $5.7 million in abandoned mine land clean up funding; the National Park Service joined the White House for its annual Easter Egg Roll; and we celebrate National Pet Week in our Picture of the Week!
Interior Outlines Alternatives to Protect the Colorado River Basin
 The Interior Department announced potential alternatives to guide operations at Glen Canyon and Hoover dams to address the unprecedented water shortages in the Colorado River Basin.
Secretary Haaland Visits Test Facility in New Jersey
 Secretary Haaland visited New Jersey to tour the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s National Oil Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility.
Interior Co-Hosts Wildland Firefighter Summit
 The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture hosted a three-day summit in Boise, Idaho, to spearhead the development of a joint wildland firefighter behavioral health program with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
 The Not Invisible Act Commission held its first public hearing this week in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The hearings support the continued work by the Departments of the Interior and Justice to implement the Not Invisible Act and combat the crises of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples and Human Trafficking.
 The Bureau of Land Management has approved construction of the 732-mile TransWest Express Project. The project will carry electricity generated by the largest onshore wind generation project in North America and will help lower energy costs for consumers.
 The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced more than $5.7 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to reclaim abandoned mine lands in Utah.
 The National Park Service joined the White House for its annual Easter Egg Roll. The event was filled with exciting activities for the whole family, including story time, games, live entertainment and the traditional Easter Egg Roll.
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