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This Week: Secretary Haaland and Department leaders highlight how Great American Outdoors Act investments are improving infrastructure on public lands and preparing them for the challenges of climate change; Interior and Hualapai Tribe celebrate a historic Indian water rights settlement in Arizona; the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument is commemorated in Mississippi; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management conducts the first-ever offshore wind energy auction for the Gulf of Mexico; the next phase of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Project means safe, reliable water for 70,000 people; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces nearly $15 million in funding for 36 conservation projects in the Delaware River Watershed; the U.S. Geological Survey renews its commitment to urban waters; and we shine a spotlight on our social media Picture of the Week!
Secretary Haaland Highlights Accessibility, Sustainability Projects in New Mexico
 Secretary Haaland visited three sites across New Mexico this week to highlight how federal investments are helping improve infrastructure on public lands, invest in local economies and ensure that public lands are ready to meet the challenges of climate change.
Assistant Secretary Highlights Great American Outdoors Act Funding in Tennessee
 Continuing the Department’s month-long tour to highlight investments from the Great American Outdoors Act, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz traveled to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.
Interior, Tribal Leaders Celebrate Historic Indian Water Rights Settlement
 Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland joined members of the Hualapai Tribe this week for a celebration of the Tribe’s historic $312 million water rights settlement.
 Assistant Secretary Estenoz joined White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory and federal, state and local leaders in Mississippi this week, at a commemoration event at Graball Landing. That's the site where Emmett Till's brutalized body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River, one of three sites that make up the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.
 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management this week held the first-ever offshore wind energy auction for the Gulf of Mexico region. The Lake Charles Lease Area received a high bid of $5.6 million, with the potential to generate enough offshore wind energy capacity to power nearly 435,400 homes.
 The Bureau of Reclamation joined local and state partners this week to break ground on the next phase of a water project to bring a safe, reliable water supply to eastern New Mexico, thanks to more than $200 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams joined partners this week to announce nearly $15 million in funding for 36 conservation projects in the Delaware River Watershed.
 The U.S. Geological Survey announced nearly $3 million in investments as part of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership. That funding includes $1.5 million from USGS, which will be matched by partners to reconnect urban communities with their waterways, particularly those communities that have been disproportionately impacted by pollution or economic distress.
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