Interior Newswire News
Ryan Kiosk
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: Ryan Kiosk, location at the east entrance to park on Hwy 190. Information, park guides, restrooms & an entrance fee station are available.
Big South Fork NRRA Announces 2023 Campground Season
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area announces that all campgrounds are open beginning April 1.
BLM authorizes two wild horse fertility control vaccine trials
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is authorizing two studies of promising new fertility control vaccines that could potentially help address the overpopulation of wild horses on public lands by slowing their annual growth rates. The research projects, which will take place at a corral facility in Carson City, Nevada, are part of the BLM’s broader efforts to manage healthy wild horses on healthy public lands.
DOI-NPS grant application closes on July 11
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
FY2023 Historic Preservation Fund- History of Equal Rights- Preservation Grants grant opened on April 14.
Reclamation announces 2023 spring restoration releases on the Trinity River
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
News Release: WEAVERVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that this year’s restoration flow schedule for the Trinity River will begin on April 16. Each year, the Trinity Management Council advances a flow schedule based on the expected amount of water available to support salmon restoration efforts on the Trinity River.
BLM Rock Springs hosts wild horse adoption event in April
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
News Release: Rock Springs, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is celebrating spring with a wild horse adoption event at the Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility. On April 21 and 22, the public are invited to meet and bring home one of approximately 60 untrained horses from the White Mountain, Little Colorado, Salt Wells, and Divide Basin Herd Areas.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Rufa Red Knot discussed on April 13 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on April 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Trails Center to reflect on its history this Sunday
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Visit the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center this Sunday to learn how the Trails Center became a reality as a goal of passionate trail preservationists. This 30-minute presentation will begin at 1 p.m. on April 16.
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service publishes 1,139 press releases in December 2022
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
There were 1,139 press releases published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service in December 2022.
14 press releases or notices published in January by Department of Interior
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
There were 14 press releases or notices published by the Department of Interior in January.
Reclamation issues snowmelt forecast for North Platte River Basin
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: MILLS, Wyo.-The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared the April snowmelt runoff forecasts and operating plans for the North Platte River Basin.
Ferry Contract Awarded
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Fire Island National Seashore awards contract for operation of passenger ferry.
Watch Crossroads of a Revolution
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Stop by the visitor center to see "Crossroads of a Revolution." This 22-minute orientation film tells the story of Ninety Six. From its forming at the crossroads along trade routes linking the Cherokee territory to Charleston, SC. Ninety Six in the 1700s was a land of hope and opportunity, of conflict...
National Park Service to improve grassy areas in Lincoln Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON-The National Park Service (NPS) will overseed and aerate the grass in the center and northern portions of Lincoln Park this spring. To help ensure the project’s success, the NPS will close the center and northern portions of the park from April 17 through June 30.
Interior Department Announces Next Steps to Protect the Stability and Sustainability of Colorado River Basin
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - To address the continued potential for low run-off conditions and unprecedented water shortages in the Colorado River Basin, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) today released a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to potentially...
Peregrine falcon chicks born to nesting couple on Alcatraz Island
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-After a month-long incubation period marked by unusually stormy weather on Alcatraz Island, a pair of nesting peregrine falcons welcomed to the world four chicks in early April 2023. The hatching, which was captured by remote monitoring of the couple by park biologists, comes after the falcons were first observed breeding on the island in 2019.
BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Cassopolis, Michigan
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event May 12-13, 2023, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Red Horse Ranch, 64247 Library Rd., Cassopolis, Michigan.
BLM's Wheatland Corral kicks off Spring with April wild horse adoption
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Wheatland, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will offer 40-50 wild horses and burros for adoption on Friday, April 28, at the Wheatland Off-Range Corral in Wheatland, Wyo.
John Muir National Historic Site Celebrates John Muir’s Birthday and Earth Day 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: MARTINEZ, Calif. - Join the National Park Service (NPS) and the John Muir Association in celebrating John Muir’s 185th birthday and Earth Day, during our annual Birthday/Earth Day Celebration event on Saturday, April 22, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA.
Bureau of Land Management announces scoping period for the Muddy Mountains Travel Management Plan
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is proposing to develop a Travel Management Plan for the 123,400-acre Muddy Mountains, located 25 miles southwest of Logandale and 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The scoping period opens today and will close May 12, 2023 and is...