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Reclamation announces 15-day public comment period for Cachuma Operation & Maintenance Board second contract amendment
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to execute an amendment to the Cachuma Operation & Maintenance Board operation and maintenance contract (Contract No. 14-06-200-5222RA), dated Sept. 28, 2020.
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BLM oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming nets $13,207,883
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale Sept. 6th offering 81 parcels covering 67,183.78 acres in Wyoming. In total, 53 parcels covering 35,701.21 acres sold for $13,207,883.
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Biden-Harris Administration Takes Major Steps to Protect Arctic Lands and Wildlife in Alaska
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Biden-Harris administration today announced significant steps to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Refuge) and more than 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). These bold actions to protect the Arctic region build on President Biden’s ...
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Crossing the Zero-Degree Threshold
News Release: High-resolution permafrost modeling in Denali National Park and Preserve. Natural Resource Report NPS/CAKN/NRTR-2014/858. Fort Collins, Colorado: National Park Service.
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Midair Collision involving two aircraft within Katmai National Park & Preserve (King Salmon,)
News Release: At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday September 4, 2023, a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV helicopter (N193AL) and a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk I (N97EL) collided midair while flying within Katmai National Park & Preserve north of Lake Coville in the proximity of the American Creek drainage.
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President's House, Bluefield State University
News Release: The President's House (also known as Hatter Hall) on the campus of Bluefield State University in Bluefield, West Virginia was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The property is significant for being associated with the growth of Bluefield State University, an HBCU, and the broader efforts toward higher education for Black students in southern West Virginia.
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Sculpture Preservation Continues with Annual Rock Block Monitor Calibration September 11 - 13
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD -- Beginning Sept. 12, visitors may witness climbers repelling and ascending across the sculpture. This is due to an annual re-calibration of specialized equipment that monitors changes in the rock to anticipate damages due to environmental shifts in temperature and erosion. This information...
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Public Use Restrictions lifted on BLM lands in eastern Washington
News Release: SPOKANE, WA - Effective Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 12:01 a.m., most public use fire and shooting restrictions will be lifted on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in these eastern Washington counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima counties.
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Reclamation to host public meeting on water management operations
News Release: JACKSON, Wyo. - As part of the Bureau of Reclamation’s continued commitment to share information about its operations, a public presentation will be given on Sept. 14, 2023, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Teton County Library. Reclamation subject matter experts will be on hand to discuss federal...
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BLM plans National Public Lands Day event at Rob Jagger’s Campground
News Release: LINCOLN, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roswell Field Office is celebrating the 30th Annual National Public Lands Day by inviting volunteers to help plant native trees and shrubs at Rob Jagger’s Campground in Lincoln. BLM personnel will meet volunteers at 9 a.m., Sept. 9, at the campground and provide lunch around noon. Volunteers will receive t-shirts on a first-come, first-served basis.
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(H)our History Lesson: The Cadet Nurse Corps and the WWII Home Front
News Release: Introduction. This lesson explores the history of the Cadet Nurse Corps, a World War II-era program that trained student nurses. Essential Question. What opportunities were available to women because of World War II?. Lesson Objectives. 1. Identify the goals of the Cadet Nurse Corps and connect those...
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Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma
News Release: Tabernacle Baptist Church is the site of the first mass meeting of the Selma Voting Rights Movement.
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Reclamation lowers Lake Mohave water level to aid with annual razorback sucker harvest
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation is lowering water levels in Lake Mohave to aid in harvesting razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) from lakeside rearing ponds. The fish is an endangered species native to the Colorado River, and the drawdown is part of annual river operations which are timed to coincide with conservation activities for the fish.
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Stories Yet Told: Alaska’s Cultural Heritage in a Time of Unprecedented Climate Change
News Release: Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy. Washington, DC: Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science and Climate Change Response Program, National Park Service.
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Miner Normal School
News Release: Miner Normal School, on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia, an HBCU, in Washington, D.C., was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The building is historically significant for the role it played in establishing early teacher-training programs for Black teachers nationally, and as the primary source of Black educators for Washington, D.C.'s segregated public education system.
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Communicating Science and Inspiring Hope
News Release: John Morris, Alaska Coordinator, Earth to Sky Partnership, National Park Service (retired).
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Responding to the Effects of Climate Change on Subsistence in Alaska
News Release: Rachel Mason, Senior Cultural Anthropologist, Alaska Region, National Park Service.
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How Wildlife are Responding to a Warming Climate
News Release: RESEARCH REVIEW. Nina Chambers, Science Communicator, Alaska Region and Inventory & Monitoring Division, National Park Service. Maggie MacCluskie, Program Manager, Central Alaska Network, National Park Service. Krista Bartz, Aquatic Ecologist, Southwest Alaska Network, National Park Service. Bridget Borg...
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High-latitude National Parks on the Cusp of Change
News Release: Guest editors. Maggie MacCluskie, Program Manager, Central Alaska Network, National Park Service. Pamela J. Sousanes, Physical Scientist, Central Alaska Network and Arctic Network, National Park Service. The wild lands of Alaska national parks are changing at a rapid pace due to the disproportionate increases...
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Join BLM Ukiah for National Public Lands Day
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is inviting the public to roll up their sleeves and come out on Saturday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m. to noon, to help beautify the Westside Staging Area at South Cow Mountain for the 30th annual National Public Lands Day. Participants are encouraged to bring water, hats, sunscreen, gloves and sturdy work boots.