Interior Newswire News
Bureau of Land Management is hiring 100 interns!
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Portland, Ore. - Are you looking to kickstart a career in civil service?
Talking About Roger Williams
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Talking About Roger with a Ranger.
Reclamation issues snowmelt forecast for Bighorn River Basin
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Reclamation's April forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows...
Museum
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: The park museum is located in the visitor center. It contains a variety of artifacts from the Colonial and Revolutionary War Era, a 3-pound reproduction cannon, and interpretive exhibits.
Draper Mill Complex
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: George Draper gave rise to a new era in Hopedale. This Draper brother had a passion for finding innovative technology to make the production of cloth more efficient. He led the company's charge to become the nation's leading producer of machines for the cloth-making industry. The more idealistic Ebenezer, who had started the business as a member of the original Hopedale community, eventually left town. For him, finances came second to the fraternal order.
Death Valley National Park to move to cashless fee collection starting June 1, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, Calif. - The National Park Service (NPS) will only accept credit or debit card payments for camping and entrance fees in Death Valley National Park starting June 1, 2023.
My Park Story: Cindy Stafford
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Cindy Stafford is our Museum/Archives technician volunteer. She has been volunteering with the Cultural Resources division at Glen Canyon since 2014 and has spent ten seasons with our Interpretation division. She first fell in love with this desert landscape when she took a road trip to the Grand Circle...
Bureau of Land Management offers public tour of Indian Lakes Off-Range Corrals located in Fallon, Nevada on May 12, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a free public tour of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Fallon, Nevada, on Friday, May 12, 2023. Attendees will have the opportunity to view wild horses gathered from overpopulated herds in Nevada and Oregon.
Earth Day Roadside Cleanup Event
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Celebrate National Park Week and National Volunteer Week at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument! We need volunteers to help pick up litter along the HWY 19 shoulder on April 22, 2022, or Earth Day. Sign up today!.
Interior Department discusses National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions on April 12
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
UPDATE: Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel spring 2023 opening delayed; Flood-damaged wastewater system still being completed
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel spring 2023 opening has been delayed until the wastewater treatment system in the area is completed and operational. Due to the heavy winter and difficult construction conditions, the new system will not be operational by April 28 as originally planned, the scheduled Mammoth Hotel opening date. The park is working closely with contractors to complete the project as quickly as possible.
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site to Host Financial Literacy Program
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - On Saturday, April 15, at 2:00 p.m. Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, in partnership with RVA Financial, will host a program on financial literacy. “Tipping the Scale Toward Financial Justice: Financial Literacy Then and Now" will explore the history of financial literacy as a means of empowering communities.
Hopedale Community House
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: In Adin Ballou Park, a statue of Hopedale's founder presides over a beaten front doorstep and boot scraper. These relics of the commune era come from the Jones homestead, where early Community members held meetings.
Top five tips for your visit to Acadia National Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service looks forward to welcoming visitors to Acadia National Park this season! The Park Loop Road will open to motor vehicles on April 15. The Hulls Cove Visitor Center opens to visitors on May 5. Campgrounds and other park facilities will open on various dates throughout April and May. Learn more about operating hours and seasons at Acadia.
National Park Service seeks feedback on plans to create an accessible ramp and new trail networks at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Bayfield, WI -The draft Environmental Assessment (EA), “Create Accessible Ramp at Meyers Beach and New Trail Network at Little Sand Bay Project", which evaluates a proposed accessible beach ramp at Meyers Beach and a new trail network at Little Sand Bay, is available for public review starting today.
A New Look at Lava
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: By Emma Stefanacci. PhD in hand, Erika Rader, Doctor Erika Rader - “licensed" volcanologist, looked for a postdoctoral research project. Unsure what might be best for the long-term, she experimented with visual near-infrared (VNIR) spectroscopy equipment. She heard that this imaging could show cool things...
Hopedale, Massachusetts
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Welcome to Hopedale, one of six sites that make up Blackstone River Valley National Historical.
BLM approves construction of TransWest Express transmission project
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: In a significant milestone in the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to modernize America’s power infrastructure in the West and achieve a fully carbon-free electric grid by 2035, the Bureau of Land Management has issued a notice to proceed for construction of the 732-mile TransWest Express Project...
Obed Wild & Scenic River Receives an Adaptive Climbing Grant from the National Park Foundation
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2023
News Release: Obed WSR has received a 2023 grant from the National Park Foundation to support an Adaptive Outdoor Rock Climbing for Amputees program. The grant is part of the Foundation’s ParkVentures Program (ParkVentures (nationalparks.org). ParkVentures supports projects that focus on representation, accessibility...
Boquillas Port of Entry Switches to Summer Schedule on May 1
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS -The Boquillas Port of Entry within Big Bend National Park, providing access to the town of Boquillas, Coahuila, Mexico, as well as the Mexican Protected Areas of Maderas del Carmen and Ocampo, will change to the summer schedule beginning Monday, May 1st. The port will be open four days a week, Friday through Monday.