Interior Newswire News
BLM to develop a programmatic Environmental Assessment to streamline OHV Special Recreation Permits
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments to inform the development of a programmatic environmental assessment (EA) that will cover a range of Special Recreation Permits (SRP) for Off-Highway Vehicle events in Nevada.
NPS Passport Stamp
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Are you a "Passport to Your National Parks" cancellation stamp collector? Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument has a couple of stamps to commemorate your visit.
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration to begin $17.7 million infrastructure improvement project
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Ellis Island, N.Y./N.J. - The National Park Service awarded an approximately $17.7 million construction contract to rehabilitate the Ellis Island Main Immigration Building. Funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), the project will rehabilitate exterior building components, including the masonry facade and clerestory windows. This project will preserve the historic structure and enhance the visitor experience throughout the building.
Revolutionary War (Teaching with Historic Places)
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses historic places in National Parks and in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.
Western Pearlshell
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: General Description. Anchored into the ground, a hard brown organism points toward the sun. Etched into the outside, rings radiate in concentric circles, chronicling each year of age, almost 100 years old. It stretches up to almost 13 cm tall. It’s not a tree, but a mollusk. The western pearlshell (Margaritifera...
War of 1812 (Teaching with Historic Places)
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses historic places in National Parks and in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.
Pullman Summer Explorers 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Pullman National Historical Park invites Fourth Graders in our community to join the SUMMER EXPLORERS! This free three-day educational experience will be led by our park rangers and will explore how our National Parks enrich us all. For two of the three days we will explore sites outside of the park in the Chicagoland area. Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Non-War Military History (Teaching with Historic Places)
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses historic places in National Parks and in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.
Park rangers and local responders suppress wildland fire at Acadia National Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Bar Harbor, Maine - On Sunday, April 25, at around 3:30 pm, park rangers and fire resources responded to reports of a wildland fire along the St. Sauveur hiking trail in Acadia National Park. Fire departments from Southwest Harbor, Bar Harbor, Lamoine, Mount Desert, Tremont, and Trenton responded to...
Celebrating Conservation on Earth Day
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
In honor of Earth Day, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement:
Comer: House Republicans Take Action to Block D.C.’s Anti-Police Bill
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of House Joint Resolution 42, which would block the D.C. Council’s anti-police bill from taking effect.
Hearing Wrap Up: Biden Administration’s Massive Spending Exacerbates Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at DOE
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
The Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing titled, “Spending on Empty: How the Biden Administration’s Unprecedented Spending Increased Risk of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the Department of Energy.
Comer on Biden Family & Associates’ Financial Records
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after he and several lawmakers went to the U.S. Department of the Treasury to view financial records related to the Biden family and their associates’ business transactions:
Assateague Island National Seashore Reopens Life of the Marsh and Life of the Forest Trails, and Changes Speed Limits
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
News Release: Berlin MD- We are pleased to announce that construction is complete, and the Life of the Marsh Trail and the Life of the Forest Trail are now open. Construction on these trails has been in progress since the fall in an effort to make them more accessible to all visitors, to improve the overall visitor experience on the trails and to increase the lifetime of the trails.
50 Nifty Finds #23: Second Wind
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
News Release: Many people begin second careers later in life, but few can claim to have defined a professional field and influenced how generations of National Park Service (NPS) visitors experienced their national parks in the process. Freeman Tilden was 59 when he turned his attention to national parks. He is widely...
Comer Requests GAO Review Improper Payments in Medicaid Program
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is requesting U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro initiate a review of the high number of improper payments in the Medicaid program. Chairman Comer is also requesting GAO review actions the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) can take to coordinate with state auditors and improve Medicaid program integrity.
Wenstrup Invites American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten to Testify on Pandemic-Era School Closures
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) invited Ms. Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), to testify at a hearing titled “The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2:
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Spring Newsletter 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
News Release: Read the latest project updates and completions from the National Trails Office (NTIR) of the National Park Service (NPS).
“House Committee Meetings” published by the Congressional Record in the Daily Digest section on April 18
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2023
“House Committee Meetings” was published on pages D337-D341 of the Congressional Record on April 18.
Charles Russell Lowell Memorial
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2023
News Release: A monument in downtown Middletown, Viriginia, commemorates Charles Russell Lowell, a US Army cavalry commander killed at the Battle of Cedar Creek. The inscription reads.