This Week March 1, 2024

This Week: Acting Deputy Secretary Daniel-Davis announces $119 million for locally led conservation projects to restore our nation’s lands and waters through the 2024 America the Beautiful Challenge; $74.2 million from the President’s Investing in America agenda will address dangerous and polluting abandoned mines in Kentucky; there's new guidance on how states can apply for up to $30 million to create jobs and clean up polluting and unsafe orphaned oil and gas wells; a $195 million investment from the Investing in America agenda will fund climate restoration and resilience projects in our national parks; Assistant Secretary Estenoz announces $10.3 million to restore Arizona’s lands and waters through locally led, landscape-scale restoration projects; Administration and Tribal leaders celebrate a historic agreement on the Columbia River; USGS launches a new online tool for science critical to the future management of one of the nation's most vital waterways; BLM approves the right of way for a new power transmission line in California; Interior and USGS celebrate their shared birthday on March 3rd; and we catch a pretty bird in the act of snacking in our social media Picture of the Week! Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and KZbin!
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