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This Week: Secretary Haaland highlights how the President’s Investing in America agenda is bolstering the clean energy future in New York; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management gives the go ahead for the third major commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project in the United States offshore New Jersey; Interior leaders travel to Puerto Rico to discuss how the administration’s all-of-government approach is working for the island's recovery and renewal; a new interactive map from Interior tracks 1,300 projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law so far; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grants are on the way for vulnerable wildlife; an endangered California frog gets a helping hand; this week marks the 160th anniversary of the Civil War's most pivotal battle; and our social media Picture of the Week is a story of conservation success!
Secretary Haaland Highlights Clean Energy Future in New York
 Secretary Haaland traveled to New York this week to highlight how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is working to bolster the clean energy future.
BOEM Approves Administration’s Third Major Offshore Wind Project
 The Bureau of Ocean Management announced it's approved the plan for construction and operations of the Ocean Wind 1 project offshore New Jersey.
Interior Leaders Highlight Investments, Conservation in Puerto Rico
 Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz traveled to Puerto Rico to highlight the administration’s all-of-government approach to the island’s recovery and renewal.
 Interior this week launched a new interactive map to track the more than $7.3 billion invested so far from the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in over 1,300 projects nationwide.
 Vulnerable wildlife across the nation will benefit from more than $7.7 million in grants thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Competitive State Wildlife Grant Program.
 The Fish and Wildlife Service took steps to boost the endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs. More than 150 frogs raised from tadpoles at the San Francisco Zoo and Gardens were released into cool streams in the Plumas National Forest.
 This week marked the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and thousands turned out at Gettysburg National Military Park to mark the occasion with hikes, talks and re-enactments.
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