MIAMI — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz wrapped up a multi-day visit to South Florida today. Their tour highlighted the Interior Department’s commitment to the collaborative protection and restoration of the Everglades. President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law delivers the largest single investment in the Everglades in U.S. history. Together with the Inflation Reduction Act, these are once-in-a-generation resources for the conservation and stewardship of America’s public lands and waters and to tackle the climate crisis.

In the past two years, the Biden-Harris administration has allocated a record $2 billion for Everglades restoration through both the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and historic presidential budget requests. These cross-agency investments include resources for wildlife crossings, fish passage, ecosystem restoration, clean water and natural resilience. Everglades restoration is a model of collaborative conservation consistent with President Biden’s America the Beautiful initiative, a challenge to pursue a locally led and voluntary, nationwide effort to conserve, connect, and restore the lands, waters, and wildlife upon which we all depend.