News from August 2023
CAMPFIRES PROHIBITED ON BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS IN NORTHWEST OREGON TO PROTECT AGAINST WILDFIRE
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Due to high fire danger, campfires will be prohibited on all Bureau of Land Management lands in northwest Oregon starting Aug. 11 at 12:01 a.m. This restriction includes developed campgrounds. BLM officials are putting these public use restrictions in place due to forecasted hot and dry weather.
Plane Crash in Denali's Southwest Preserve
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve officials were informed by the Alaska Air National Guard Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC) that they had initiated a search for an overdue aircraft in the park’s southwest preserve. Using coordinates from a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) associated with the overdue pilot, the RCC had launched an initial search aircraft late Wednesday night, August 9; however, the flight was turned around due to weather.
BLM Arizona Strip District implements temporary closure for public safety and Kane Fire suppression efforts
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah-Due to the extreme fire conditions the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District is implementing a temporary closure of BLM-managed lands south of Hwy 89A in House Rock Valley. To support full access for fire resources in continued Kane Fire suppression efforts and to ensure public safety, the closure will begin Aug. 10, 2023, and will continue to the end of the incident.
Women of the Manhattan Project: Jean Tatlock
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: In 1936, Jean Tatlock was at medical school at Stanford University, working to become a psychiatrist. She met a young professor of physics at Berkeley, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and they commenced a relationship that would become quite intense. According to Oppenheimer, “I began to court her, and we grew...
Central Park Rumba: Dancing with Memory
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: Central Park, located in Manhattan, New York, is the city’s signature natural haven. While many communities have enjoyed Central Park’s green gathering spots, since the 1960s its spaces have been home to rumba dancers and salsa enjoyers who use rumba to connect with each other and with African traditions.
Reclamation announces flow schedule for Hoopa Valley Tribe Boat Dance Ceremony
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin to increase releases from Lewiston Dam to the Trinity River beginning Aug. 18. The increased releases are in support of the Hoopa Valley Tribe bi-annual Boat Dance Ceremony held in Hoopa, California, and are separate from the Trinity River restoration flows. People near or recreating on the river can expect river levels to increase during this time and should take appropriate property and safety precautions.
BLM and Partners Treat Cheatgrass in Carbon County
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: Rawlins, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Carbon County Weed and Pest Control District are treating invasive cheatgrass near Baggs, Wyoming through the end of August.
Agency Information Collection Activities; North Atlantic Right Whale Research and Management Activities discussed on Aug. 10 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Repair work and improvements to BLM’s Eagle Creek Road progressing
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: LEWISTON, Idaho - Work to repair numerous road washouts and damage caused by severe spring storms continues on the Eagle Creek Road in Nez Perce County. In addition to the storm repair work, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is administering an active road reconstruction and improvement contract on...
Richmond Marina Bay Trail
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: Walking Along the Home Front. The San Francisco Bay Trail weaves along the edge of the national historical park on the Richmond waterfront. Eight interpretive markers shaped like ship’s prows tell various stories of the World War II home front that expand on the histories presented at the Rosie the Riveter...
BLM invites public comment on draft plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management today published a Notice of Availability and opened a 90-day public comment period for the Draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, which would replace the existing 2020...
13 year-old boy rescued after falling over the edge on the North Rim
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: Grand Canyon National Park's Search and Rescue (SAR) Team went into action on August 8, 2023, when they responded to a call for a visitor who had fallen over the edge on the North Rim.
Biden-Harris Administration Makes Nearly $200 Million Available for Drought and Climate Resiliency Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced up to $195 million in funding opportunities available through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to develop a more resilient water supply, support cooperative watershed management and safeguard aquatic ecosystems. The funds come primarily from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s WaterSMART program, as well as from the Inflation Reduction Act and annual appropriations.
Interior Department discusses Notice of Inventory Completion: Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH on Aug. 10
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Lucretia W. Edwards Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: A local Champion. Richmond, California. This two-acre park honors Lucretia Edwards, a champion of open space and open shorelines. It also memorializes the wartime contributions made by the Bay Area Shipyards during World War II. Cast boot prints point visitors toward the locations of additional WWII...
Summer Moon Lures Silvery Fish Ashore to Spawn At Crissy Beach. Climate Change Had a Hand Too.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: By Natural Resources Intern Maya Akkaraju, Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Prescribed Fire at Lincoln's Boyhood Home
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: In March of 2023, fire personnel from the Great Lakes Fire Management Zone located at Indiana Dunes National Park, conducted several pile burns and a broadcast burn in the Cemetery Hill Unit at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. An engine from the Missouri Park Group, located at Ozark National Scenic Riverways assisted the Great Lakes Fire Management Zone staff in the completion of the prescribed fire.
The Great Geauga County Fair Band to perform Aug. 19
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: The National Park Service staff of James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor is pleased to announce its final free outdoor concert of the summer.
Petrified Forest National Park and Ischigualasto Provincial Park become sister parks.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: PETRIFIED FOREST, Ariz. - Petrified Forest National Park and Ischigualasto Provincial Park in Argentina formally became sister parks during a ceremony in Argentina on Aug. 1, 2023. The parks share similar paleontological, geological, biological, and archaeological resources.
BLM seeks public comment for Río Grande del Norte National Monument plan
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management will begin a 30-day public scoping period on Friday, Aug. 11 to inform the upcoming environmental analysis of a resource management plan for the Río Grande del Norte National Monument. The plan will protect the resource values for which the monument was designated and provide for traditional, recreational, and other uses of monument lands and resources. The scoping period closes Sept. 10, 2023.