News from April 2023
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division invests in our planet, plans to use native plants in landscaping
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
A project manager assigned to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District, one of two districts under the Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division’s umbrella, shares how the Army Corps of Engineers is continuing to invest in green initiatives.
Riverbank Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Influenced by the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Newark, New Jersey wanted their citizens to benefit from open green spaces within congested districts where industry and residences dominate the land. Riverbank Park, designed by Olmsted Brothers, was intended as an urban park to serve the growing city. Originally six-acres, Riverbank Park is the smallest in the Essex County Park System.
Back Cove
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: In 1895, Olmsted, Olmsted & Eliot were hired by Portland, Maine’s mayor James Baxter to improve the site known as Back Cove. The firm proposed a dam that would form a saltwater pond, dredging the mudflats then building a tree-lined drive and promenade around the perimeter of Back Cove. While the dam was never built, ten years later the Olmsted’s would return to Back Cove, this time as Olmsted Brothers.
The Land Remembers: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site hosts Rich Bergeman for photography exhibit and talk on Rogue River War sites
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that Rich Bergeman, a photographer based in Corvallis, Oregon, is the guest curator of an exhibit in the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Visitor Center. The photography exhibit will run from April 24 through September 25 in the visitor center's theater.
Grand Canyon-Parashant Junior Ranger Program
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Junior Rangers help to preserve and protect national parks. They learn about nature and history, have fun exploring the parks, and tell their friends, families, and schoolmates about their adventures. Junior Rangers continue to protect the environment at home and at school.
BLM Pit River Campground opening Saturday, April 29
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Pit River Campground and river access area in eastern Shasta County opens for the season starting Saturday, April 29, and will extend into early fall.
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL discussed on April 26 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Patterson Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Between 1905 and 1918, Olmsted Brothers developed plans for new sections of Baltimore’s Patterson Park that would lead to a 20-acre extension of relatively level land. Olmsted Brothers’ principal designs for the new section of park included active recreation facilities like a field house, swimming beach and bath house, playground, field house, and ball fields. All the facilities at Patterson Park are surrounded by curved walking paths lined with trees.
Maplewood Park (New Jersey)
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Community leaders of Maplewood, New Jersey (originally part of South Orange) were eager to create a recreational area for their residents. In 1922, community members reached out to Olmsted Brothers, requesting a general plan for their new park. The plan for the new park included a pond, playfields, tennis courts, and a memorial to those lost in WWI.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park will move to cashless fee collection starting May 26
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - Planning to visit Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park this summer? Don’t bring cash.
Alcove Spring Exhibits Audio Description
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: A Spring Camp Exhibit Audio Description.
DOI-FWS offers new grant application process starting April 27
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
F23AS00339 - White-nose Syndrome Research and Conservation Grants - 2023 grant opened on April 27.
Olympic National Park begins project to improve bridges throughout the national park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: PORT ANGELES, Wash. - In spring 2023, Olympic National Park will be starting a project to address deferred maintenance on several road bridges throughout the park. Visitors to the national park during the construction period should anticipate bridge closures or delays.
Featured Artists to Attend Fire and Ice Native American Art and Dance Gathering May 20-21, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Grants, NM- This week El Malpais National Monument is highlighting four of the artists participating in the Fire and Ice Native American Art and Dance Gathering on Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21, 2023. This free event will run from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm each day at the El Malpais Visitor Center located at 1900 East Santa Fe Avenue in Grants, NM. The artists featured this week are Beth and George Nez, Robert Torres, and Edwin Lente.
The Front
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Overlooking Lake Erie, The Front was a key part of the nation’s first park and parkway system designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux for Buffalo, New York in 1868. The most formal of the three parks linked by parkways, Olmsted saw The Front as a spot with “a character of magnificence admirably adapted to be associated with stately ceremonies, the entertainment of public guests, and other occasions of civic display.".
Mount Vernon Square
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: In 1876, Frederick Law Olmsted was hired to redesign Mount Vernon Square in Baltimore, Maryland. Olmsted would redesign the north and south squares, while implementing similar designs for the east and west squares. Choosing to remove the cast-iron fences that encircled Mount Vernon Square, Olmsted included various pathways and grassy lawns in his design.
Carroll Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Between 1890 and 1907, Baltimore, Maryland began acquiring portions of land around the Mount Clare Estate to provide a large park for the city’s southwestern neighborhoods. In 1904, Olmsted Brothers were hired to develop a master plan for what would become Carroll Park. The plan for Carroll Park was developed to protect the historic house as well as providing grounds for passive and active recreation.
Wyman Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: In 1904, Olmsted Brothers prepared a report for the development of Baltimore’s Parks, including the 88-acre Wyman Park. With its old beech trees and topography, Olmsted Brothers identified Wyman Park as one of the finest single passages of scenery to be so close to a large city. Because they were so...
Eastern Promenade
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: In 1905, Portland, Maine’s mayor James Baxter hired Olmsted Brothers to further develop the Eastern Promenade and create a master plan for a cohesive park system. John Charles Olmsted and Henry Hubbard took lead on design of the Eastern Promenade, proposing they follow the natural topography of the site. Their plan introduced pedestrian paths along the hillside as well as an overpass for pedestrians.
South Mountain Reservation
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: In 1898, Olmsted Brothers were hired by the Essex County Park Commission to advise the group on tracts of land to purchase. One tract of land totaling more than 2,000-acres and spanning several townships and multiple jurisdictions, South Mountain Reservation, was designed by John Charles Olmsted and Percival Gallagher.