News from April 2023
Reclamation announces 2023 spring restoration releases on the Trinity River
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
News Release: WEAVERVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that this year’s restoration flow schedule for the Trinity River will begin on April 16. Each year, the Trinity Management Council advances a flow schedule based on the expected amount of water available to support salmon restoration efforts on the Trinity River.
DOI-NPS grant application closes on July 11
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
FY2023 Historic Preservation Fund- History of Equal Rights- Preservation Grants grant opened on April 14.
BLM authorizes two wild horse fertility control vaccine trials
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2023
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is authorizing two studies of promising new fertility control vaccines that could potentially help address the overpopulation of wild horses on public lands by slowing their annual growth rates. The research projects, which will take place at a corral facility in Carson City, Nevada, are part of the BLM’s broader efforts to manage healthy wild horses on healthy public lands.
Big South Fork NRRA Announces 2023 Campground Season
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area announces that all campgrounds are open beginning April 1.
Ryan Kiosk
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: Ryan Kiosk, location at the east entrance to park on Hwy 190. Information, park guides, restrooms & an entrance fee station are available.
City Nature Challenge at Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: SAUGUS, MA - Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site and the Saugus River Watershed Council invite you to a City Nature Challenge event on Saturday, April 29, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Saugus Iron Works. Park staff and volunteers will have a resource table to help you explore the park. Activities will be offered that are suitable for all, including guided walks, identifying fish and aquatic insects, and an introduction to the iNaturalist app.
Civilian Conservation Corps Encampment
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: ELVERSON - Hopewell Furnace invites you to join in commemorating the beginning of National Park Week with a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) encampment on site Saturday and Sunday April 22nd - 23rd. Programming on Saturday, April 22nd will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with programming Sunday, April 23rd running from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. All programming is free to the public.
A National Partnership, Implemented Locally: The National Park Service and American Society of Landscape Architects
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: In honor of National Volunteer Week and World Landscape Architecture Month, we’re highlighting our partnership with the American Society of Landscape Architects!.
Hell's Gate
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: Hell's Gate is located on Daylight Pass Road. Information, park guides, restrooms & an entrance fee station are available.
C&O Canal Entrance Station
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: The C&O Canal Entrance Station at Great Falls collects entry fees and sells park passes.
BLM approves WYDOT temporary housing lease
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Field Office has approved a proposal submitted by the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) to use a parcel of BLM managed lands for temporary worker housing while completing a highway project in Teton County, Wyoming. The parcel, known as “Parcel 26," is currently being used as a staging area for construction on Highway 189/191.
Port Oneida Fair
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: Step back in time at the Port Oneida Fair and experience life as it was in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Imagine the life of Euro-American immigrants as you help bale hay or watch a broom-maker at work. Learn about spinning, basket weaving, soap making, butter making, candle dipping, and fur trapping. Listen as park rangers and local historians share the area's history. Watch as teams of oxen haul hay and artists and craftsmen demonstrate their skills.
Numerous Blue Ridge Parkway overlooks, parking areas, and picnic areas in North Carolina set for pavement preservation treatment this season
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: (Various NC locations) - Pavement preservation work at Blue Ridge Parkway overlooks, parking areas and picnic areas from milepost 294 to 384 (between Blowing Rock and Asheville) and milepost 394 to 443 (south of Asheville to Balsam Gap) is planned for the 2023 visitor season. This work is expected to...
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park offers fun and free events during National Park Week, April 22-30
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - The annual National Park Week celebration is April 22 to April 30. At Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, everyone is invited to a fee-free day and a family-fun “Journey at the Summit" event on April 22, to participate in many other free programs all week long!.
The Curtiss "Pusher"
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: The Curtiss "Pusher" was the first mass produced airplane, and is a hallmark of early aviation during the 1911-1914 time period. It was designed by Glenn H. Curtiss, and built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company of Hammondsport, New York.
Studhorse Prescribed Fire 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: Yosemite Fire is assessing conditions to conduct prescribed burning operations in the Studhorse area (south of the Wawona Hotel) next week. If conditions allow, active burning may take place on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 and Thursday, April 20, 2023. Fire crews plan to target approximately 150 acres on the northeastern side of the Wawona Road (highway 41) and will have traffic control in place.
My Park Story: Doug Kent
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: Interpretation volunteers play a very important role in helping to inspire park visitors to learn about and protect the special places they visit. The park rangers at Scotts Bluff National Monument are lucky to have a great partner, ally, and friend in volunteer Doug Kent.
Gulf Islands National Seashore Reopens April 14 Following Weather Recovery Efforts
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- Gulf Islands National Seashore will reopen the Fort Pickens and Opal Beach Complex Areas at 2:00 p.m. on April 14.
Reclamation announces summer operating hours at Stony Gorge and East Park reservoirs
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: ELK CREEK, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces summer operating hours at Stony Gorge and East Park reservoirs, located respectively 18 miles west of Willows and 20 miles west of Maxwell.
Gulf Islands National Seashore Closes For Weather Recovery
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2023
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. -- Gulf Islands National Seashore has temporarily closed visitor access and facilities in the Opal Beach and Fort Pickens Areas for weather recovery operations beginning at 8 a.m., April 13.