Interior Newswire News
BLM Pit River Campground opening Saturday, April 29
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Pit River Campground and river access area in eastern Shasta County opens for the season starting Saturday, April 29, and will extend into early fall.
Grand Canyon-Parashant Junior Ranger Program
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Junior Rangers help to preserve and protect national parks. They learn about nature and history, have fun exploring the parks, and tell their friends, families, and schoolmates about their adventures. Junior Rangers continue to protect the environment at home and at school.
The Land Remembers: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site hosts Rich Bergeman for photography exhibit and talk on Rogue River War sites
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that Rich Bergeman, a photographer based in Corvallis, Oregon, is the guest curator of an exhibit in the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Visitor Center. The photography exhibit will run from April 24 through September 25 in the visitor center's theater.
Back Cove
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: In 1895, Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot were hired by Portland, Maine’s mayor James Baxter to improve the site known as Back Cove. The firm proposed a dam that would form a saltwater pond, dredging the mudflats then building a tree-lined drive and promenade around the perimeter of Back Cove. While the dam was never built, ten years later the Olmsted’s would return to Back Cove, this time as Olmsted Brothers.
Riverbank Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Influenced by the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Newark, New Jersey wanted their citizens to benefit from open green spaces within congested districts where industry and residences dominate the land. Riverbank Park, designed by Olmsted Brothers, was intended as an urban park to serve the growing city. Originally six-acres, Riverbank Park is the smallest in the Essex County Park System.
BLM offers free public events this summer at the Headwaters Forest Reserve
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management and Friends of Headwaters will offer outdoor enthusiasts an opportunity to experience the beauty of the Headwaters Forest Reserve this spring and summer with free guided walks and events. The events will take place on the following dates:.
Humboldt River Field Office Sponsors Lovelock Cave Days for Local Fourth Graders
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The annual Lovelock Cave Days will take place May 9-11, 2023 and will be hosted by the Humboldt River Field Office. In previous years, over 300 fourth graders from Winnemucca, Lovelock, McDermitt, and Orovada have toured the Marzen House Museum in Lovelock and Lovelock Cave for a day of fun-filled educational activities.
Notice published on April 25 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Notice published by Interior Department on April 25
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Fresh Pond Parkway
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: While work on Fresh Pond Parkway is credited to Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot, Charles Eliot is deserving of most of the credit for Fresh Pond and Fresh Pond Parkway, and many of the Olmsted designs in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Eliot would be a crucial character in providing a guiding hand for the early activities of the Cambridge Park Commission.
Rochester Parks
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: By the 1880s, many local landowners with the desire for a public park would donate their own property for this purpose. In 1888, Rochester, New York’s Board of Park Commissioners had acquired land from locals and hired Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to develop a comprehensive park system. Olmsted and Vaux proposed three large parks, ranging from 20 to 800-acres, with the hope of capturing the area’s landscape characteristics and scenery.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Production Estimate discussed on April 25 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Interior Department discusses Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Alabama Beach Mouse, Baldwin County, AL; Categorical Exclusion on April 25
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Rocky Mountain National Park Announces Summer Seasonal Hiker Shuttle Operations Begin May 26
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park will operate the Hiker Shuttle during the 2023 summer season beginning on Friday, May 26. 7-day service will operate May 26 through September 4. Beginning on September 9, Saturday and Sunday only service will continue through October 22.
Piedras Marcadas Canyon Petroglyph Viewing Trail Stop 6
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: This is Stop 6, the second to last audio tour stop along the Petroglyph Viewing Trail in Piedras Marcadas Canyon. You have hiked approximately 1 mile, or 1.6 kilometers.
Newton Centre Playground
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Newton Centre Playground was created out of civic interest and involvement, most of it coming from local neighbors. The Newton Centre Improvement Association provided funds for the city’s first public playground, with its initial design prepared by the F.L. and J.C Olmsted firm. Originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, firm member Herbert J. Kellaway took over the design, and after starting his own landscape architecture firm, submitted a revised plan in 1908.
BLM Southwest District RAC sheep grazing sub-committee to meet May 9
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Montrose, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Southwest District Resource Advisory Council will hold the third meeting of a sub-committee formed to study domestic sheep grazing in bighorn sheep habitat on May 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The discussion will focus on economics related to livestock...
National Jr. Ranger Day at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace is fast approaching!
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: HODGENVILLE Ky - Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park will be culminating National Park week with our Jr. Ranger Day Celebration! Visit the Birthplace Unit anytime from 9:00 a.m. (ET) to 5:00 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, April 29, 2023 to pick up your special Jr. Ranger Day items available only on this special day.
Restoring Native Plants in the Great Meadow Wetland
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Looking across the swaying grasses and brilliant blooming shrubs of the Great Meadow, you might think the wet meadow is in pristine condition. But, decades of disturbances have altered the way water flows through the wetland. Old road beds, ditches, and an undersized culvert at the outlet of the meadow...
Ten-Day Notices and Corrective Action for State Regulatory Program Issues discussed on April 25 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.