U.S. Department of the Interior | The Highland County Press

Headlines 18 October 2024

Interior Department provides $325M to increase access to the outdoors

Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis recently announced the distribution of $325 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Stateside Assistance Program to all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia – the largest annual distribution from the program since 1979.

Headlines 17 July 2024

Biden-Harris Administration announces $725M from Investing in America Agenda to clean up legacy pollution

The Department of the Interior recently announced that nearly $725 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is available to 22 states and the Navajo Nation to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AML).

Headlines 22 March 2024

Biden-Harris administration announces more than $46M to address legacy pollution, revitalize coal communities in Ohio

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Ohio recently to announce $46.4 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mines and to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in Ohio. This announcement builds on the $46.4 million allocated to the state in fiscal year 2022.