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BLM accepting public comments for proposed geothermal lease sale in Nevada
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period on four environmental assessments for 53 parcels totaling 161,503 acres across Nevada that have been nominated for a proposed statewide geothermal lease sale. The public comment period closes Aug. 21, 2023. All parcels included in the lease sale will be auctioned via EnergyNet on Nov. 14, 2023.
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Forest Park Carousel
News Release: The Forest Park Carousel in Woodhaven, Queens, New York was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The carousel is significant as a representative example of an early twentieth century carousel and a rare surviving example of the work of Daniel C. Muller, a master craftsman of carousel animals.
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Historic cabin at Gates of Lodore undergoes improvements with funding from the Great American Outdoors Act
News Release: DINOSAUR, Colo. - The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) is financing preservation work on Dinosaur National Monument’s historic Wade and Curtis Cabin at Gates of Lodore.
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César E. Chávez National Monument Seeks Public Input on a Plan to Improve Accessibility for Visitors with Disabilities
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking comments on a draft plan that provides recommendations for accessibility and removing barriers to key visitor experiences. Your participation is important to the planning process. The 30-day comment period opens on July 24 and will end Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.
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BLM and partners collect seeds for sage-grouse
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management, Red Desert Audubon Society, Wyoming Native Plant Society, Wyoming Wilderness Association and Wyoming Game and Fish Department teamed up for a critical step toward restoring Greater Sage-Grouse habitat affected by wildfires. The partners spent two days collecting seeds from some of the sage-grouse’s favorite plants-seeds that will one day be used to revegetate burned sagebrush habitat.
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Water Swap authorized to help irrigators along the Rio Grande
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--Water managers signed an agreement last week to transfer up to 30,900 acre-feet of water stored in Abiquiu Reservoir for Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority to Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and Reclamation, making it available for immediate use. This will be exchanged with a corresponding amount of MRGCD and Reclamation-leased water currently held in Heron Reservoir further north.
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BLM plans to protect Douglas County recreation areas from mining
News Release: ROSEBURG, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management invites public comment on a proposed 20-year withdrawal to protect up to 163.62 acres across Olalla-Thompson Creek Day Use Area and Island Creek and Iron Mountain recreation areas south of Camas Valley and west of Riddle in Douglas County. The proposed withdrawal includes 21.2 acres of public lands with non-Federal mineral interest and 38.5 acres of non-Federal lands if acquired by the United States.
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Extreme Fire Danger on Public Lands in Medford District
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Due to recent high temperatures and increasing fire danger, Bureau of Land Management Medford District officials are implementing additional public use restrictions on BLM-managed lands in southern Oregon. Starting July 17, 2023, at 12:01 a.m., BLM Medford District is moving to Extreme Fire Danger.
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Cleveland Shakespeare Festival performing this Saturday
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival will perform Measure for Measure on the grounds of Mentor’s James A. Garfield National Historic Site at 7 p.m. this Saturday, July 29. The performance is free of charge and open to the public.
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Hot Springs National Park announces 2023 Artist-in-Residence
News Release: Hot Springs, AR - Hot Springs National Park has selected Sofie van Doorn as the 2023 Artist-in-Residence (AIR). van Doorn is a contemporary dancer and choreographer and will be the park’s first such artist selected as an AIR. Since the program’s inception in 2004, the park has hosted 65 different artists, poets, musicians, ceramicists, weavers, quilters, photographers, and writers from across the nation.
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Path of the Flood Hike, Part 1
News Release: Join park rangers for an 11-mile hike that follows the Path of the Flood on Sunday, July 30, 2023, at 10:00 am. The hike begins at the South Abutment near the remains of the dam and continues to Franklin. Reservations are required. Space is limited due to shuttling. Please call the Visitor Center at 814-886-6171 to sign up for this free hike.
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Elko fire restrictions announced
News Release: On July 25th, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management, Elko County Fire Protection District, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are implementing fire restrictions in Elko County Nevada.
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Yellowstone announces lottery for 2023-2024 Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 1, people may apply to the 2023-2024 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park without a commercial guide. Authorized in 2013, the Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program allows permit-holders to enter the park for up to three days with a group of up to five snowmobilers.
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Campfire Restrictions (Stage 2) Effective on Wild Portion of Lower Rogue River Beginning July 17
News Release: Joint News Release. Bureau of Land Management, Medford District. USDA Forest Service, Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest. Oregon Department of Forestry, Southwest Oregon District. SW Oregon - As the weather continues to trend towards warming and drying, officials with the Bureau of Land Management Medford...
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President Biden Establishes Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument as America’s 425th National Park
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument became the country’s 425th national park today, on the 82nd anniversary of Till’s birth, as President Biden established the park through proclamation during a White House ceremony. The new national monument includes sites in the Mississippi Delta and Chicago that were central to Emmett Till’s lynching and funeral, the acquittal of his murderers and the subsequent activism by his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
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BLM oil and gas lease sale in Nevada received no bids
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office today conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 4 parcels covering 4,720 acres in Nevada. The BLM received no bids for this lease sale. The next BLM oil and gas lease sale in Nevada is scheduled for Dec. 5.
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Mammoth Cave National Park Initiates Land and Trail Management Planning
News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park seeks public review and comment on a Land and River Trails Management Plan through the Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) website from July 25 through Aug. 25, 2023. The new plan will help to ensure the long-term sustainability of park trails by providing strategic direction to guide trail maintenance, investment, and construction over the next few decades.
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Nearly 1,000 participate in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park’s Kahuku Cultural Festival
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawai‘i - Locals, keiki, kūpuna and visitors all came to the Kahuku Unit of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park in Kaʻū on Saturday to listen to Hawaiian music, enjoy hula, try Hawaiian crafts and practices and learn about native plants and animals.
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July 3, 1787: The Vital Compromise
News Release: "That in the second branch of the legislature, each state shall have an equal vote.".
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Building at Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve destroyed by fire
News Release: Coupeville, WA. - A multipurpose building used as an office, small workshop and equipment storage shop at Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve in Coupeville, WA on Whidbey Island was destroyed in an afternoon fire on July 19. An individual sustained a minor facial injury during the fire.