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This Week: Secretary Haaland highlights locally led conservation efforts during a visit to Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument; the Secretary tours orphan well sites in Colorado undergoing cleanup thanks to President Biden's Investing in America Agenda; Interior places climate change front and center in its operation policies; the Department moves ahead in the effort to phase out single-use plastics on public lands; a new oral history project launches to share the stories of federal Indian boarding school survivors; the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission releases a report aimed at more effective wildfire strategies; Interior renews its commitment to support civil rights protections for all Americans; the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is helping to fund the cleanup of legacy pollution in the nation's wildlife refuges; the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom adds 23 new sites; $7.6 million in federal funds will help improve and restore a California watershed; it's time to choose this year's fattest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve; and the sun shines bright on our social media Picture of the Week!
Secretary Haaland Visits Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
 Secretary Haaland and Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning visited Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument this week to meet with federal, Tribal, state and local officials, and community members to learn about their vision for conserving the natural and cultural resources in the region.
Secretary Haaland Highlights Investing in America Agenda in Colorado
 The Secretary traveled to Colorado where she highlighted how investments being made through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda are putting people to work to plug and remediate orphaned oil and gas wells, and reduce the risk of wildland fire.
Interior Announces New Climate Policies for Department Operations
 At the White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities this week, Secretary Haaland announced new policies to strengthen Interior’s ability to meet its mission in the face of a changing climate.
 All of the Department’s bureaus and offices have moved forward in the effort to implement Secretary Haaland’s directive to phase out single-use plastics on public lands over the next decade.
 Interior this week announced the launch of an oral history project that will document and make accessible the experiences of the generations of Indigenous children who attended the federal Indian boarding school system.
 The Biden-Harris administration’s Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released its report this week, outlining a comprehensive, consensus-based set of recommendations to address the nation’s wildfire crisis.
 Interior this week renewed its commitment to support civil rights protections for all Americans, as the Biden-Harris administration clarified its position that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibits certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination and bias in federally funded programs and activities.
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams visited Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana this week to highlight how the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is helping to fund the cleanup pollution left behind by orphaned oil and gas wells.
 The National Park Service this week added 23 new listings to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The program recognizes places with connections to the Underground Railroad and the resistance to enslavement through escape or flight in the years before the Civil War.
 Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning and BLM California State Director Karen Mouritsen toured the Cosumnes River Preserve this week, part of the Cosumnes Watershed Restoration Landscape.
 Fat Bear Week returns to Katmai National Park & Preserve this October 4th through the 10th, and we need your help to crown the fattest bear. The brown bears of Brooks River have spent the summer fattening up to survive winter hibernation -- now they contend for the title of champion.
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