News from April 2023
Interior Department discusses Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Alabama Beach Mouse, Baldwin County, AL; Categorical Exclusion on April 25
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Production Estimate discussed on April 25 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Rochester Parks
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: By the 1880s, many local landowners with the desire for a public park would donate their own property for this purpose. In 1888, Rochester, New York’s Board of Park Commissioners had acquired land from locals and hired Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to develop a comprehensive park system. Olmsted and Vaux proposed three large parks, ranging from 20 to 800-acres, with the hope of capturing the area’s landscape characteristics and scenery.
Fresh Pond Parkway
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: While work on Fresh Pond Parkway is credited to Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot, Charles Eliot is deserving of most of the credit for Fresh Pond and Fresh Pond Parkway, and many of the Olmsted designs in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Eliot would be a crucial character in providing a guiding hand for the early activities of the Cambridge Park Commission.
Notice published by Interior Department on April 25
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Notice published on April 25 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Humboldt River Field Office Sponsors Lovelock Cave Days for Local Fourth Graders
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The annual Lovelock Cave Days will take place May 9-11, 2023 and will be hosted by the Humboldt River Field Office. In previous years, over 300 fourth graders from Winnemucca, Lovelock, McDermitt, and Orovada have toured the Marzen House Museum in Lovelock and Lovelock Cave for a day of fun-filled educational activities.
BLM offers free public events this summer at the Headwaters Forest Reserve
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management and Friends of Headwaters will offer outdoor enthusiasts an opportunity to experience the beauty of the Headwaters Forest Reserve this spring and summer with free guided walks and events. The events will take place on the following dates:.
Federal agencies approve eastern Idaho phosphate mine plan
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management Idaho Falls District and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Caribou-Targhee National Forest are each releasing a record of decision approving the Husky 1 North Dry Ridge Mine and Reclamation Plan.
BLM to develop a programmatic Environmental Assessment to streamline OHV Special Recreation Permits
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments to inform the development of a programmatic environmental assessment (EA) that will cover a range of Special Recreation Permits (SRP) for Off-Highway Vehicle events in Nevada.
Bureau of Land Management to hold public information forum on La Madre Foothills recreation
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District will hold a virtual information forum to involve the public in the early stages of a proposed Recreation Area Management Plan for the La Madre Foothills area of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
BLM seeks comments on proposed Libra Solar Project
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to permit 25 gigawatts of renewable energy on public lands by 2025 and achieve a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035, the Bureau of Land Management today announced it is seeking public comments on the proposed Libra Solar Project in Mineral and Lyon Counties, Nevada.
BLM Rio Puerco Field Office implements Chain of Craters prescribed fire
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
As weather conditions allow, beginning (UPDATED) now through May 19, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct the Chain of Craters prescribed fire, weather permitting.
BLM plans to conduct prescribed fires on West Dolores Rim and Animas City Mountain
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to conduct two prescribed fire treatments within the Tres Rios Field Office this spring.
Bureau of Land Management Alaska Resource Advisory Council to hold meeting
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management will hold an Alaska Resource Advisory Council (RAC) meeting on May 24, 2023, in Anchorage.
BLM seeks comments on proposed Golden Currant Solar Project near Pahrump
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the proposed Golden Currant Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada. A 45-day scoping comment period will open on April 25, 2023, and will close June 9, 2023.
Humboldt River Field Office Sponsors Lovelock Cave Days for Local Fourth Graders
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The annual Lovelock Cave Days will take place May 9-11, 2023 and will be hosted by the Humboldt River Field Office.
BLM cancels Resource Advisory Council meeting in Redding
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management’s Northern California District Resource Advisory Council has cancelled a field tour and meeting planned for Wednesday and Thursday, April 26 and 27, in Redding.
BLM offers free public events this summer at the Headwaters Forest Reserve
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management and Friends of Headwaters will offer outdoor enthusiasts an opportunity to experience the beauty of the Headwaters Forest Reserve this spring and summer with free guided walks and events
BLM Southwest District RAC sheep grazing sub-committee to meet May 9
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management Southwest District Resource Advisory Council will hold the third meeting of a sub-committee formed to study domestic sheep grazing in bighorn sheep habitat on May 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.