Interior Newswire Report News


55th Chief of Engineers Builds Bridges with Allied Nation Partners

When you work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the figurative bridges you build are often just as important at the literal ones.


Corps of Engineers continues flood cleanup at its Blawkhawk Park

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues its efforts to reopen Blackhawk Park, near De Soto, Wisconsin, and about 30 miles south of La Crosse, Wisconsin.


2023 Mexican Wolf Fostering

Mexican Wolf Pup Fostering Continues to Drive Recovery Progress


2023 Wintering Whooping Crane Count

Service Estimates 536 Whooping Cranes Wintered in Texas in 2022-2023


2023 Drought Response Operations Plan Finalized; plan focuses on recovery of upstream reservoirs

Under the Drought Response Operations Agreement, the Bureau of Reclamation today began implementation of the 2023 Drought Response Operations Plan, which focuses on allowing upstream reservoirs to recover additional water previously sent downstream to Lake Powell.


Reclamation kicks off Lake Berryessa summer season hours

The Bureau of Reclamation is changing its hours at Lake Berryessa today, May 26.


BLM to Conduct Controlled Release of Teton Reservoir

After thorough review of structural concerns at the Teton Reservoir Dam, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rawlins Field Office has decided to conduct a controlled release of excess water on Tuesday, May 30.


The Bureau of Land Management New Mexico oil and gas lease sale nets $78,844,369

On May 25, the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office conducted a lease sale offering 45 parcels totaling 10,123 acres within Cheyenne County, Kansas, and Eddy, Lea, and Chaves counties, New Mexico, on public lands managed by the Roswell Field Office, Carlsbad Field Office and Oklahoma Field Office.


BLM seeks public comment for Dingell Act – Emery County Land Exchange

he Bureau of Land Management seeks public input during a 30-day comment period on a proposed land exchange of approximately 92,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands for approximately 116,000 acres of trust lands managed by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration.


National Park Service Conducts Prescribed Fire at El Malpais National Monument

The National Park Service at El Malpais National Monument is preparing to conduct a prescribed fire on the north side of the monument adjacent to Highway 53 between mile marker 65 and 68


Voyageurs New Staff.

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Voyageurs National Park is excited to announce new staffing.


Summer 2023 at Craters of the Moon

ARCO, ID: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve will begin its summer season.


Fatality at Arches National Park

n Thursday May 25, 2023, National Park Service rangers responded to a report of CPR in progress on the Primitive Loop section of Devils Garden Trail in Arches National Park.


Gateway National Recreation Area Moves to Cashless Fee Collection at Sandy Hook

The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Gateway National Recreation Area will transition to a cashless fee system.


Shenandoah National Park announces public meeting to discuss changes to backcountry camping permits

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that RAMON OQUENDO, also known as “Mimo,” 46, of Waterbury, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for narcotics trafficking and firearm possession offenses.


Park restores native sagebrush habitat

Grand Teton National Park staff will continue habitat restoration projects in the park this summer as part of a multi-phase restoration effort to replace approximately 4,500 acres of non-native grass fields with native sagebrush habitat.


Murray and Collins Plan to Begin Bipartisan Senate Appropriations Markups in June

On May 17, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, announced their plans to hold markups of bipartisan funding bills in June.



Comer, Grothman & LaTurner Open Probe into FEMA Providing Taxpayer Dollars to NGOs That Incentivize Illegal Immigration

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), and Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.) – along with Republican members on the panel – have opened a probe into the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) after recent reporting alleged taxpayer funds are possibly being used by certain nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to offset expenses incurred abroad in efforts to facilitate and incentivize illegal immigration to the United States.


Committee Considers Budget Request, Lack of Results for Insular and Tribal Communities

On May 25, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on the president's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA).