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This Week: Interior leaders travel to New York City for Climate Week 2023; a historic agreement is signed to help restore healthy salmon populations in the Upper Columbia River Basin; ground is broken on a fish passage project at Numana Dam with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; Interior announces nearly $40 million to help plug and remediate orphaned oil and gas wells across Indian Country through the President’s Investing in America agenda; a new action plan for offshore energy transmission aims to strengthen the domestic supply chain, and create good-paying, union jobs; BLM advances utility-scale solar energy in Nevada; a system of ancient Indigenous earthworks in Ohio is designated a World Heritage Site; and we throw a spotlight on a chubby critter in our social media Picture of the Week!
Interior Leaders Mark Climate Week 2023 in NYC
 Secretary Haaland and Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau joined Administration leaders in New York City to commemorate Climate Week 2023, an annual event that focuses on the challenges presented by a warming planet.
Historic Agreement to Restore Salmon Populations in Upper Columbia River Basin
 The Biden-Harris administration this week announced a historic agreement to support Tribally led efforts to restore healthy and abundant salmon populations in the Upper Columbia River Basin.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds Numana Dam Fish Passage Project
 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe broke ground on a fish passage project at Numana Dam, with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
 Interior this week announced nearly $40 million through the President’s Investing in America agenda to help Tribal communities plug and remediate orphaned oil and gas wells.
 Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Energy Department’s Grid Deployment Office this week released an Action Plan for Offshore Wind Transmission Development in the U.S. Atlantic Region.
 The Bureau of Land Management this week issued two new leases in the Amargosa Solar Energy Zone in Nevada -- that means the leaseholder can proceed with next steps in the development of utility-scale solar energy.
 Secretary Haaland this week applauded the designation of Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks as a World Heritage Site. Hopewell is a group of eight ancient earthwork sites built between 1,500 and 2,200 years ago by Indigenous peoples now referred to as the Hopewell Culture.
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