#Deb Haaland

Federal funds headed to Hawai‘i Island to protect forests and water supplies

The US Department of the Interior has announced $41 million in funding through the Biden-Harris administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support 21 water and ecosystem health projects nationwide, including two in Hawaiʻi.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior attends blessing at site of new Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Construction of the new U.S. Geological Survey research facility on the Big Island, which will house the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, is expected to be completed by late 2025.

U.S. Interior Department investing $16 million to prevent extinction of Hawaiian forest birds

The U.S. Department of the Interior has committed nearly $16 million as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to prevent the imminent extinction of Hawaiian Forest Birds.