Interior Newswire News


Peter Brown

News Release: When American Private Peter Brown became aware of the first causality at the Battle of Bunker Hill, a soldier named Asa Pollard decapitated by a cannonball, it doubtlessly prompted much soul searching from himself and the remaining soldiers on the battlefield that afternoon. Exposed to the potentially...


Chellberg Farm Open House at the National Park

News Release: Join a ranger at the historic Chellberg Farmhouse for an afternoon of exploration. The house will be open on Sunday April 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Rangers and volunteers will be on hand to share the area’s history. Afterwards, stop by and visit the farm animals.


Long-Term Monitoring Reveals Challenges and Resilience at Kenilworth Marsh and Kingman Lake

News Release: By Nicholas Tait, NCRN I&M Science Communication Intern.


Checking Lava Beds' Vital Signs

News Release: Klamath Network Science. National parks are the guardians of our unique American natural and cultural history. But perhaps more than ever before, parks exist in a rapidly changing landscape. Urban growth, replacement of native species by exotics, air and water pollution, increasing visitor use, frequent...


President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Provide $16 Million for Co-Stewardship and Salmon Conservation in the Arctic, Kuskokwim and Norton Sound Region

News Release: Today in Alaska, as part of the Department’s Investing in America tour, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau announced that the Department will invest more than $16 million over the next four years from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to enhance the resilience of ecosystems ...


Purcell Trench

News Release: The Purcell Trench is a long, glaciated valley extending from British Columbia to Spokane Washington and helped create the setting for Rathdrum Prairie flood deposits. The area between Lake Pend Oreille and Spokane, WA contains a massive amount of deposits which were the 'break out zones" for the Missoula...


Secretary Haaland Visits Texas as Part of Biden Administration’s Investing in America Tour to Highlight Work to Create Jobs, Address Legacy Pollution

News Release: Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Houston to highlight investments being made through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to put people to work to plug, reclaim and remediate orphaned oil and gas wells. The historic investments to clean up these hazardous sites will create good-paying union jobs, catalyze economic growth and revitalization, and reduce harmful methane leaks.


Bureau of Land Management Wyoming issues notice for oil and gas lease sale

News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Today the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office issued an environmental assessment and the competitive sale notice for the 2nd Quarter competitive oil and gas lease sale.


Joseph Cutler Bruce

News Release: According to an 1850 broadside, Joseph C. Bruce served on the Boston Vigilance Committee, an organization that assisted freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad.


Interior Department discusses Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Tijuana Estuary Tidal Restoration Program II Phase I on March 31

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Soldiers Fishing: Finding Sustenance and Healing in Calm Waters

News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, April 15, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special 45-minute ranger-led fishing program at Lee and Gordon Mills (71 Red Belt Rd. Chickamauga, GA 30707).


Birding Hike with Audubon Society at the National Park

News Release: Join a birding expert from the Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society on Sunday, April 2 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am for a migration birding hike. Meet inside the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center and carpool to the birding spot of the month. No experience required. Bring binoculars and dress for the weather.


Howard Beach Teacher Presents Photo Exhibit at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

News Release: Queens, N.Y. -Phenology Was My Refuge, Life Thrives at Jamaica Bay Amidst a Pandemic that Stopped the World, an exhibit of photographs by Angela Carcione, will open on April 2. The exhibit opening and reception will be from 2 pm - 4 pm at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel. The opening reception is free and open to the public.


Spring Star Gazing at Pipestone National Monument

News Release: Join us on Saturday, April 29th for our Spring Star Gazing (rain date is May 6th)! The night is planned as follows.


Extreme Home Makeover: Salmon Habitat Project Yielding Impressive Results

News Release: By Natural Resources Intern Maya Akkaraju, Golden Gate National Recreation Area.


Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas seeks feedback on proposed September oil and gas lease sale

News Release: In accordance with congressional direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 68 oil and gas parcels totaling approximately 25,759 acres that may be included in a scheduled September 2023 lease sale.


Earth Day Cleanup at the National Park

News Release: Join staff and volunteers for the annual Earth Day clean-up at Indiana Dunes National Park. This year’s clean-up is on Friday, April 21, from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. and is sponsored by the Friends of Indiana Dunes, Mermaid Straw, and the national park’s volunteer office.


Bull Lake

News Release: Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail includes Bull Lake Rd in Northwestern Montana. Here glacial Lake Missoula reached all the way up the valley to where Bull Lake sits today.


Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHP Seeks Volunteers for Park Care Day!

News Release: HODGENVILLE, Ky - Are you good with planting seeds? Do you know your way around a garden? Can you operate power tools? Well, we have a job for you!.


BLM plans prescribed burns in Yavapai and Maricopa counties

News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management’s Phoenix District is planning prescribed burning operations to burn cut and piled brush from public lands in Yavapai and Maricopa counties. Burning may occur over multiple days in April and May as conditions allow.