미 내무부(Department of the Interior)는 뎁 홀랜드(Deb Haaland) 내무부 장관과 마샤 윌리엄스(Martha Williams) 미국 어류 및 야생동물 관리국 국장이 뉴햄프셔 주를 방문해 바이든 대통령의 '인베스팅 인 아메리카(Investing in America)' 아젠다와 '아메리카 더 뷰티풀 이니셔티브(America the Beautiful initiative)'의 투자가 어떻게 미국의 땅과 바다를 복원하고 주요 염습지에서 경작하고 있는지를 강조했다고 밝혔다.

뎁 홀랜드 장관은페어힐 습지(Fair Hill Marsh)를 방문해 대서양 연안 지역 사회를 지원하고 염습지 생태계의 중요한 야생 동물 서식지를 보호하기 위한 새로운 노력인 염습지 복원 이니셔티브(salt marsh restoration initiative)를 발표했다. 이 이니셔티브는 내무부의 복원 및 회복탄력성 프레임워크의 일환으로 미국의 땅과 물을 복원하기 위해 20억 달러 이상을 투자하도록 안내하고 있다.

페어힐 습지는 아메리카 더 뷰티풀 챌린지를 통해 200만 달러를 지원 받아 뉴햄프셔의 염습지를 복원해 위험에 처한 종에게 혜택을 주고 해안 탄력성을 높이기 위해 노력하고 있다.

아메리카 더 뷰티풀 챌린지는 2023년 46개 주, 3개의 미국 영토 및 21개의 부족 공동체에 걸쳐 74개의 지형 규모(landscape-scale) 보존 프로젝트에 뉴햄프셔 환경부의 보조금을 포함해 총 1억4천만 달러를 지원했다.

2021년에 시작된 대통령의 아메리카 더 뷰티풀 이니셔티브는 2030년까지 미국 땅과 물의 30%를 보존하겠다는 미국 최초의 목표를 세웠다. 지역적으로 주도되고 국가적으로 규모가 커진 이 이니셔티브는 미국인 모두가 의존하는 땅, 물, 야생 동물을 보존, 연결 및 복원하려는 노력을 강화한다. 

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Secretary Haaland Visits New Hampshire to Highlight President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, Launch New Salt Marsh Restoration Initiative

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams today wrapped a two-day trip to New Hampshire to highlight how investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the America the Beautiful initiative are restoring our lands and waters and cultivating core salt marsh areas.  

Secretary Haaland and Director Williams toured the Fair Hill Marsh site outside Portsmouth, where a $2 million investment from the America the Beautiful Challenge is working to restore New Hampshire salt marshes to benefit at-risk species and increase coastal resilience. During the visit, Secretary Haaland announced the Department’s salt marsh restoration initiative, a new effort to support Atlantic coastal communities and protect important wildlife habitat in salt marsh ecosystems. This initiative is part of the Department’s restoration and resilience framework, which guides the over $2 billion investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to restore our nation's lands and waters.  

America the Beautiful Challenge grant awards in 2023, including the grant award for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, total $140 million to support 74 landscape-scale conservation projects across 46 states, three U.S. Territories, and 21 Tribal Nations. The grants will generate at least $13 million in matching contributions for a total conservation impact of more than $150 million.  

Launched in 2021, the President’s America the Beautiful initiative set the nation’s first-ever goal to conserve 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. The locally led and nationally scaled initiative lifts up efforts to conserve, connect and restore the lands, waters, and wildlife upon which we all depend. Through the America the Beautiful Challenge – a public-private partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that is made possible with funding in part from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – the Biden-Harris administration has committed $1 billion towards this work.  

During her trip, Secretary Haaland and Director Williams also participated in a skill-building workshop with the New Hampshire Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) Program, which is offered in 38 states and six Canadian provinces to build skills in basic fishing, kayaking, archery and other activities. BOW, with funding support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, supports the Department’s interest in increasing equitable opportunities to access and experience the outdoors for all communities.  

Secretary Haaland and Director Williams also visited Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, an important site for outdoor recreation, at-risks species management and coastal resilience. She toured a dam removal project at the refuge that will support fish habitat connectivity and advances the U.S. 

[출처 = Department of the Interior(Secretary Haaland Visits New Hampshire to Highlight President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, Launch New Salt Marsh Restoration Initiative | U.S. Department of the Interior (doi.gov)) / 1월 9일]

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