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This Week: Secretary Haaland traveled to New Mexico to highlight the administration's Investing in America agenda; the Secretary honors National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day and delivers keynote remarks at the 31st Annual Indian Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial; Deputy Secretary Beaudreau travels to Acadia National Park in Maine to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new, year-round maintenance facility; Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland wraps up a weeklong tour of Alaska; Reclamation breaks ground on a major water infrastructure project; the National Park Service awards $9.7 million for preservation projects at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; and it's a baby bison's first steps in our social media Picture of the Week!
Secretary Haaland Highlights Infrastructure Investments in New Mexico
 In New Mexico, Secretary Haaland announced a $12.6 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility, part of the Biden-Harris administration’s all-of-government effort to enhance the resilience of the West to drought and climate change.
Honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day
 The Secretary marked National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. It's a time to remember victims and their families, and to shine a light on an epidemic of violence that disproportionately plagues Indigenous communities.
 Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau joined federal and local leaders at Acadia National Park in Maine to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new, year-round maintenance facility.
 Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland wrapped up a weeklong tour of Alaska. He highlighted investments to advance Tribal climate resilience and combat the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples.
 The Bureau of Reclamation broke ground this week on the Boone Reach trunk line of the Arkansas Valley Conduit—that's a major water infrastructure project funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will provide clean, reliable drinking water to 50,000 Coloradans once completed.
 The National Park Service this week awarded $9.7 million to 14 projects in 10 states as part of the Historic Preservation Fund’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant program.
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