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Protecting native plants during your Zion National Park visit is as easy as 1, 2, 3
News Release: SPRINGDALE, Utah - Zion may be best known for its red rock, but some of its most unique residents are found on canyon floors and walls. Throughout the year, biologists collect seeds to help native plants. In a typical year, biologists collect about 500 pounds of seeds and then grow or spread them to give native plants an advantage throughout the park. We need your help to protect the plants that call Zion home.
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First confirmed 2023 wildland fire in Yellowstone National Park
News Release: * On July 22, the first confirmed wildland fire of the season in Yellowstone National Park was detected by a visitor.
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World Ranger Day Commemoration on July 31, 2023
News Release: POINT REYES STATION, Calif. - Point Reyes National Seashore is hosting an event on Monday, July 31, 2023, 10 am-11:30 am, to commemorate World Ranger Day. Each year, World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 to honor the daily work of rangers, and to remember those rangers killed or injured in the line of duty.
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BLM issues Stage 1 fire restrictions in Goshen, Platte and Weston counties
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 fire restrictions will begin today, July 24, on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Goshen, Platte, and Weston counties. The BLM is working with the counties to coordinate restrictions.
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Building Climate Resilience
News Release: Visitors make their pilgrimages to Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) year-round to appreciate the landscape’s alluring natural beauty and maritime culture, but there is no guarantee that such iconic views and sites are lasting. As with other conservation areas across the globe, climate change is proving...
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Poultry and Peafowl at Bent's Old Fort
News Release: George Grinnell, whose information on Bent's Fort came primarily from George Bent and the memories of other Southern Cheyennes, once wrote that several peacocks were at the fort, and that their ". plummage and harsh voices astonished and more or less alarmed the Indians, who called them thunder birds, nun-um'a-e-vi-kis.".
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Whale Waters Update for Glacier Bay Effective July 25th, 2023
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Tom Schaff announced today that the July 20th temporary whale waters area within 1 nm of shore between Point Carolus and Lars Island is being replaced with a 13-knot vessel speed limit for all vessels in the Lower Bay...
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BLM seeks public comment on proposed temporary closure of public lands in the Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area
News Release: BARSTOW, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is proposing a five-day temporary closure of public lands for the proposed California 300 off-road race at Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area in San Bernardino County. The proposed closure would facilitate public safety, protect resources and provide an enhanced recreational experience for race participants and spectators.
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Vale Bureau of Land Management enacting fire restrictions district-wide
News Release: VALE, Ore. - Recent dry lightning, rising temperatures and rapidly drying vegetation are increasing the risk of wildfires on public lands managed by the Vale District Bureau of Land Management, officials said.
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Cattle and Oxen at Bent's Old Fort
News Release: Oxen were a common sight along the Santa Fe Trail. The depiction of these beasts trudging across the plains is synonymous with western life and our transcontinental legacy. The merits and shortcomings of oxen have been long belabored; invariably, they are compared against mules. Thomas Forsythe, writing...
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50 Nifty Finds #31: Going in Circles
News Release: One of the highlights of the National Park Service (NPS) History Collection is a leather hatband that belonged to Horace M. Albright, former NPS assistant director and director, and Yellowstone National Park superintendent. There was never any doubt that it would be the subject of a 50 Nifty Finds article.
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Camp Smokey 2023 at the California State Fair, Sacramento
News Release: The 2023 California State Fair in Sacramento opened on Friday July 14th. Every year through a coordinated interagency collaboration the U.S. Forest Service, CAL FIRE, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Firefighters Burn Institute brings visitors of all ages a fun, educational and interactive fire safety and prevention exhibit called Camp Smokey.
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Reclamation announces public teleconference negotiation for water service contract with the Santa Barbara County Water Agency
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a teleconference negotiation session for Cachuma Project water supply with Santa Barbara County Water Agency and the Member Units on a second amendment to the existing water service contract (Contract No. I75r-1802RA), dated Sept. 28, 2020.
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Jeff Horn named BLM Mother Lode Field Office manager
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has selected Jeff Horn to serve as the new Mother Lode Field Manager in El Dorado Hills. His career in public service and natural resources has spanned more than 30 years, and he now embraces the challenge of overseeing management of more than 230,000 acres of public land spanning across ten counties in central California.
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BLM to hold virtual information forum for Maricopa County solar proposals
News Release: PHOENIX -The Bureau of Land Management will host a virtual forum to share information and receive public input on two right-of-way applications for the proposed Caballero and Southwest Crossroads solar projects. The two projects are within designated solar variance areas in Maricopa County.
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Reclamation hosts public meeting to provide update on Delta Cross Channel gates modernization project
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is holding a hybrid public meeting Aug. 8 to provide an update on the Delta Cross Channel Gates Modernization Project and results of the feasibility level technical memorandum.
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BLM seeks public comment on gas pipeline right-of-way reassignment in Kern and San Bernardino counties
News Release: NEEDLES, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 15-day public comment period for a proposed project to categorically exclude under the National Environmental Policy Act the reassignment of an existing right-of-way grant held by El Paso Natural Gas Company to the current owner, Cadiz Real...
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The Hidden History of By Watson’s “Conk” Style Haircut in The Watsons go to Birmingham—1963
News Release: Twenty years before The Watsons Go to Birmingham takes place, Mexican American youth were attacked on the streets of Los Angeles. Like many African Americans of the time, the youth were distinguished by their flamboyant zoot suit style. They wore baggy pants tapered closely at the ankles, oversized coats...
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Pretending to Survive
News Release: Children have been playing at war for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks believed that war games taught strategy and friendship. The Mongols, who once had the greatest army in the world, encouraged their young sons and daughters to play at war so that they would be prepared for the real thing when...
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Trauma
News Release: I was born in, raised for, and returned to Detroit - a major Michigan city one hour’s drive from Flint. Reading The Watsons Go to Birmingham brought back so many memories of that I-75 stretch from Michigan to The South. But what would typically be considered torture for me and my brother on that drive (that is, fighting over the one hand-held video game player or asking “Are we there yet?!" for the 93rd time) is nothing compared to the experiences of the Watsons in the 1960s.