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This Week: Secretary Haaland takes action to protect the cultural and historic resources surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park; Interior infuses $161 million from the President’s Investing in America agenda into ecosystem restoration and resilience; the Secretary designates nine new national recreation trails, just in time for Great Outdoors Month; Interior announces the availability of $725 million to clean up legacy pollution from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; Interior leaders cut the ribbon for an Everglades restoration project; the Bureau of Indian Affairs celebrates a new milestone under the HEARTH Act; National Park Service awards grants aimed at preserving and interpreting Japanese American confinement sites; Yellowstone's grizzly bears find new sources of food in the face of a changing ecosystem; and it's the promise of a new day in our social media Picture of the week!
Administration Safeguards Chaco Region, Tribal Cultural Sites
 Secretary Haaland took action to protect the cultural and historic resources surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park from new oil and gas leasing and mining claims.
Bureau of Land Management Announces $161 Million for Landscape Restoration
 Interior announced plans to infuse $161 million into ecosystem restoration and resilience on the nation’s public lands as part of the President’s Investing in America agenda.
Secretary Haaland Designates New National Recreation Trails
 In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day, Secretary Haaland announced the designation of nine new national recreation trails in nine states.
 Interior this week announced that nearly $725 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is available through the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement to 22 states and the Navajo Nation to reclaim abandoned mine lands.
 Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo joined partners to celebrate the Taylor Slough Flow Improvement Project ribbon cutting this week, which will increase the flow of clean, freshwater to the Florida Bay.
 The Bureau of Indian Affairs celebrated the approval of the 100th Tribal regulation under the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership (HEARTH) Act of 2012.
 The National Park Service this week awarded 14 grants totaling approximately $3.4 million through the Japanese American Confinement Sites grant program.
 A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners shows how Yellowstone's grizzly bear population is adapting to a changing ecosystem.
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