News from April 2023
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $35M for National Fish Passage Projects
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $35 Million for National Fish Passage Projects to Address Climate Resilience and Strengthen Local Economies
2023 National Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest Winner
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
Mila Linyue Tong, 15, Wins U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2023 National Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest
Service Provides Endangered Species Protections for the Wright’s Marsh Thistle
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized regulations under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to protect the Wright’s marsh thistle, a plant from the sunflower family that is endemic to New Mexico.
Sea Turtles Need Help During Nesting Season
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
The Public Can Protect Turtles by Reporting Nesting Activities
Shed Antler Collection Begins May 1 in Teton County
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
Officials with the Bridger-Teton National Forest, National Elk Refuge, and Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced plans today for the opening of wildlife winter range at 6 am on May 1st, 2023 in Teton County Wyoming.
Service seeks public comment on 2013 bi-state sage-grouse proposed listing rule
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
Service seeks public comment on 2013 bi-state sage-grouse proposed listing rule, initiates species assessment
Investigation and Stabilization of Apple Trees at Purchase Knob
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Located within Great Smoky Mountains National Park in an otherwise forested landscape, majestic and muscular apple trees stand out on a grassy mountain summit, expressing the stories of former lifeways and livelihoods. At Purchase Knob, more than 30 apple trees have persisted for well over a hundred...
Two species of Missouri crayfish listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
Service lists two species of Missouri crayfish as threatened under the Endangered Species Act
Central Texas Moss Listed as Endangered
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
Central Texas Aquatic Moss Listed as Endangered Under Endangered Species Act
BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Annville, Pennsylvania
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event June 2-3, 2023, offering approximately 30 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Shale Knoll Arena, 126 Sherks Church Rd., Annville, Pennsylvania.
More Than $146 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuges
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
Interior Department Announces More Than $146 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuges
Bandelier’s Mandatory Summer Shuttle Service Begins on May 17, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Bandelier National Monument is beginning its free summer shuttle service to Frijoles Canyon on May 17, 2023. The shuttle, which visitors board at the White Rock Visitor Center in nearby White Rock, is mandatory from 9 am to 3 pm daily except for those who meet one of the following exceptions.
Sea Turtle Nesting Season Begins on the Texas Coast
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 27, 2023
With sea turtle nesting season beginning along the Texas coast in late March, we are urging everyone using Texas beaches to do their part to help detect and protect threatened and endangered sea turtles on the beach.
National Park Service to turn off Gateway Arch exterior lights for bird migration season
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: ST. LOUIS-The National Park Service has announced it will not illuminate the Gateway Arch at night throughout the month of May 2023 due to the spring bird migration season.
Staff Spotlight: Shalini Gopie
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Meet Shalini Gopie, the Interpretive and Digital Media Specialist for the Interpretation, Education, Youth, and Volunteer Division of the Pacific West Region!.
Amateur Radio Event at the Preserve on May 6
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: Contact: Heather Brown. Strong City, KS - On Saturday, May 6, 2023, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve will be making waves that will be heard around the country--and maybe even around the world. Members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club (SFTARC) radio operators will be...
DeRidder, Louisiana: West Park Master Plan
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2023
News Release: When the category 4 hurricanes, Laura and Delta, swept through southwestern Louisiana in August and October of 2020, their high winds, heavy rains, and extensive flooding left a pattern of destruction across southwest Louisiana reaching more than eighty miles inland.
Lake Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: In 1889, Milwaukee began acquiring lakefront land for a new park, asking Frederick Law Olmsted to help with the design. Olmsted agreed, as he was close by in Chicago planning the grounds for the World’s Columbian Exposition. Olmsted believed that greenspaces should be emphasized by the area’s best features, which for Lake Park was a forested, towering lakefront bluff cut deep by ravines.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Provide Updates to Estimated Reopening Dates
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
News Release: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Tulare County, Caltrans, and others continue to make progress with damage assessments and repairs at a time when the public is eager to get out into their public lands and plan their summer vacations. Thanks to information provided by partner agencies we can share a couple significant updates as part of our weekly review of estimated reopening dates.
Public Land Order No. 7921; Withdrawal of Public Land for Satellite Calibration in Railroad Valley; Nye County, Nevada discussed on April 27 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.