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This Week: Secretary Haaland travels to Chicago to honor Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley; in California the Secretary highlights the Administration's commitment to expanding access to clean, reliable drinking water for families, farmers and Tribes; Deputy Secretary Beaudreau meets with members of the Youth Conservation Corps at Yellowstone National Park; Interior joins forces with HUD to support affordable housing in Nevada; the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement turns 46; National Park Service Director Chuck Sams marks the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act; we celebrate World Ranger Day; and we find our social media Picture of the Week in the shifting sands of New Mexico!
Administration Leaders Honor Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley in Chicago
 Secretary Haaland and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory joined federal, state, local and community leaders in Chicago this week to unveil temporary signage at one of the three sites of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.
Secretary Haaland Visits California, Highlights Drought Resilience
 The Secretary traveled to Riverside, California to highlight how investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda are expanding access to clean, reliable drinking water for families, farmers and Tribes.
Deputy Secretary Meets with Youth Conservation Corps at Yellowstone National Park
 Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau was in Yellowstone National Park this week where he met with members of the Youth Conservation Corps.
 Interior and the Department of Housing and Urban Development this week announced new actions to make it easier for local communities to obtain federal land below market value to build affordable housing in Southern Nevada.
 Happy 46th birthday to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. OSMRE was created on August 3, 1977, with the signing of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act to administer programs for controlling the impacts of surface coal mining operations.
 National Park Service Director Chuck Sams traveled to Grand Teton National Park to mark the third anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act.
 This week we celebrated World Ranger Day, an international observance that honors those who protect and preserve special places around the world for future generations.
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