Interior Newswire News
Bathtub Time Machine
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Bathtub Time Machine. Hot Springs National Park. Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade. Subject: Social Studies. “Bathtub Time Machine" is a virtual program that shares the history of Hot Springs in the 19th and early 20th centuries through images and stories. This is a virtual...
History at Sunset Civil War Tour Series Begins May 20
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: PETERSBURG, VA - Petersburg National Battlefield, in partnership with Petersburg Battlefields Foundation, will conduct a series of monthly Civil War related tours titled, “History at Sunset". The free monthly 60-minute tours will occur the third Saturday of each month beginning in May and ending in August. Each tour will begin at 6:00 pm and will take place at different sites around the Petersburg area.
Follow the Hot Springs' Water
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Follow the Hot Springs' Water. Hot Springs National Park. Grade Level: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade. Subject: Science. “Follow the Water" is an interactive science program to understand the water cycle of Hot Springs National Park. The program is not place-based. It involves...
Newest Kaʻū silversword site in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park sows promising results
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - The critically endangered Kaʻū silversword is staging a comeback within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, thanks to decades of collaborative conservation efforts and a stroke of luck.
Big Cypress National Preserve Issues Temporary Area Closure for the Sandy Wildfire
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: OCHOPEE, FL - Yesterday, May 1st, at approximately 3:30 PM, a wildfire was discovered in Big Cypress National Preserve, located just west of the Blue Loop portion of Florida Trail. The Sandy Wildfire is currently estimated to be about 50 acres, burning in a mixture of grass, brush and pine. South Florida Fire & Aviation resources are on scene, and additional resources have been ordered.
Hettie Anderson
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Harriette Eugenia Dickerson, also known as Hettie, was born into an African American family in Columbia, South Carolina.1 Later in life, she model for some of the most prominent artists of the era including Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French.2.
Davida Johnson Clark
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Davida Johnson Clark, originally Albertina Davida Jönsson, was born in Sweden and immigrated to the United States around 1879.[1] She eventually began modeling and her likeness continues to be immortalized in many iconic sculptures.
World's Columbian Exposition
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: When Chicago was chosen as the city to host the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, Frederick Law Olmsted was called on to adapt his initial designs for the South Park Commission site, now called Jackson Park, Washington Park, and the Midway Plaisance, to be more appropriate for a fairground.
Why They Came
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Why They Came. Hot Springs National Park. Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade. Subject: Social Studies. State Standards: H.5.8.6 Effects of Progressive Era reforms. E.1.ARH.1 Natural resources on the development of the state. H.1.ARH.8 Social and cultural changes in Arkansas...
Ask a Hot Springs Ranger
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Ask a Hot Springs Ranger. Hot Springs National Park. Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade. Subject: Science,Social Studies. “Ask a Ranger" draws from pre-submitted student questions to emphasize specific areas of the park’s story, from history to ecology to geology. The presentation...
Interior Department discusses Notice To Reopen the Call for Nominations to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee on May 3
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Turning Water into Medicine
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Turning Water into Medicine. Hot Springs National Park. Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade. Subject: Social Studies. State Standards: H.12.4.1 Create historical narratives using chronological sequences D2.His.1.3-5. H.12.4.5 Reference historic places and national parks to...
Philip Vera Cruz
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Philip Vera Cruz was a Filipino American labor organizer, farmworker, and leader in the Asian American and civil rights movement. He played a central role in founding the United Farm Workers (UFW) union. Vera Cruz is best known for his role in the Delano Farmworkers strike and boycott, and his leadership...
What's in the Ranger's Backpack
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: What's in the Ranger's Backpack. Hot Springs National Park. Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade. Subject: Science,Social Studies. “What’s in a Rangers Backpack" is an interactive program to introduce students to the National Park Service and prepare them to visit a park.
Secretary Haaland Announces $12.6 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Desalination Research Facility in Southern New Mexico
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - While in Southern New Mexico today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Congressman Gabe Vasquez announced a $12.6 million investment from the President’s Investing in America agenda to support the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF) in Alamogordo, ...
A Journey of Rocks and Water
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: A Journey of Rocks and Water.
Park rangers warn about interacting with wildlife
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, Calif. - Park rangers are reminding the public not to touch, handle, or feed wildlife. Two recent incidents Death Valley National Park show the risks to human and wildlife from these interactions: a woman was bitten by a bat with rabies and a coyote was struck by a car.
Hot Springs and the National Park Idea
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Hot Springs and the National Park Idea.
Samuel Proctor Oral History Program partners with the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom to highlight Underground Railroad descendants and their stories
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Church Creek, MD - The National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program has partnered with the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program to interview living descendants of Underground Railroad participants. The mission of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, a social-justice research center based at the University of Florida, is to encourage civic engagement by studying the past and making it relevant to today.
Miners Beach Temporary Parking Closure and North Country National Scenic Trail Reroute for Summer of 2023
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2023
News Release: Munising, MICHIGAN - The Miners Beach area will undergo temporary closures and rerouting of the North Country National Scenic Trail at Miners Beach starting May 8th, 2023. This is to replace the stair structure and repair part of the trail that was destroyed by a large storm late last Fall.