This Week at Interior November 1, 2024

This Week: Interior announces a nearly $82 million investment to bring clean, safe drinking water to Tribal communities in the West; more than $74 million is on the way for Kentucky to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands; Interior announces an international effort for conservation of the American bison; Interior invests nearly $46 million for ecosystem restoration activities in the Klamath Basin; Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visits Arizona and Tennessee to highlight efforts to expand and rehabilitate urban parks; the Provo River Delta Restoration Project in Utah is now complete, providing an improved ecosystem and better recreational opportunities; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completes the sixth offshore wind lease sale of the Biden-Harris administration, and the first in the Gulf of Maine; the U.S. Geological Survey awards $4.8 million to preserve vital geologic and geophysical data and samples; and we summon up a haunted and historic landscape for our social media Picture of the Week! Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube!

[NativeTenantProtectionCouncil]

Aloha from Hawai'i!! We have lots of rivers left bone dry due to Water Diversion resulting from the Sugane Era in the Territory Days. Some rivers were completely blocked with a huge riveted metal plate with very large pipes. One diverted river is called the Hilea (Hee-lay-ah) River in Ka'u. The riverbed has been bone dry, with significant loss of Riparian Biodiversity. On another island, when a similar "dry river" was restored, first the Hawaiians cried to hear the sound of water there once again. Native species were already finding their way up the river after just three months. Another sad story is a beautiful waterfall in Waipio Valley called "Hi'ilawe" (Hee-ee-
La-vey) waterfall that joins the river. In the Hula Dances about Waipio, Hi'ilawe Falls is still danced as if two twin falls are there. But actually, only one is left, the other "waterfall" is only a trickle, mostly barren and Water sent by flume to old Sugarcane Fields. Now, the Sugar Era is over...but the damage still remains. Both rivers have modern day farmers who utilize part of flow; and would need to be included in equity & Water Sharing.

[williamhoward]

I wish to thank President Joe Biden for working for all Americans . I wish to thank you for sharing this video with me . Amen