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This Week: Secretary Haaland travels to Boise, Idaho, to announce new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; Interior announces a new inter-agency partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative; Assistant Secretary Trujillo travels to Raleigh, North Carolina, to promote environmental justice; BOEM invites public comment on possible commercial wind energy development in the Gulf of Maine; Interior announces nearly $150 million for the conservation and restoration of wetland habitat; the National Park Service unveils a new plan to make parks "greener"; and wildflowers explode into bloom in our social media Picture of the Week!
Secretary Haaland Visits Idaho, Highlights Restoration and Resilience
 Secretary Haaland traveled to Boise, Idaho, this week as part of the Administration’s Investing in America tour. She announced major new funding to restore our nation’s lands and waters and advance drought resiliency in the West.
Interior Addresses Tragic History of Federal Indian Boarding Schools
 Interior announced a new inter-agency partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative through the collection of oral histories and digitization of records, documenting the experiences of survivors of federal Indian boarding school policies.
Asst. Secretary Trujillo Highlights All-of-Government Commitment to Environmental Justice in Raleigh
 Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo visited Raleigh, North Carolina, to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s all-of-government commitment to environmental justice. She joined the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture to announce the Walnut Creek Urban Waters Federal Partnership, and to kick off the White House Environmental Justice for All initiative.
 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management this week invited public comment on possible commercial wind energy development in areas offshore Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine.
 Interior this week announced that more than $146 million in funding has been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. That will provide the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners the ability to help conserve or restore 242,000 acres of wetland and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds and other birds across North America.
 National Park Service Director Chuck Sams unveiled a revised Green Parks Plan during National Park Week, which provides an updated framework for sustainability efforts including an increase in renewable energy use, water conservation projects, electric vehicle charging stations and water bottle filling stations.
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