Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced it will invest nearly $50 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to make infrastructure improvements to facilities at six national marine sanctuaries across the country. The National Marine Sanctuary System protects some of the most iconic underwater places throughout the United States, and these investments will make the facilities, including visitor and community centers, more resilient to climate change, improve the facilities’ capacity to engage in research and conservation, and help NOAA inspire the public to be good stewards of our coasts, Great Lakes and ocean.