News from August 2023
Access: Audio Description Tour of Acadia Artwork
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2023
News Release: Visual Made Verbal. More than a dozen visual art pieces from the Artist-in-Residence program currently are displayed in public spaces in Acadia. To make the gallery experience more inclusive for people who have visual impairments, a recorded audio description and transcript are offered at the top of...
Interior Department publishes 17 notices in week ending July 29
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2023
There were 17 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending July 29, according to the Federal Register.
Haleakalā National Park’s Summit and Kīpahulu Districts to remain closed through morning of Wednesday, August 16, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: Kula, HI- Haleakalā National Park’s Summit and Kīpahulu Districts remain closed at least through the morning of Wednesday Aug. 16, 2023. Visitors should not plan to drive to or visit the park until it has been officially reopened. We ask for patience and the public’s cooperation during this time.
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service publishes 472 press releases in February
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
There were 472 press releases published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service in February.
Guide to the Stephen Tyng Mather Film Collection
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: This finding aid describes the Stephen Tyng Mather Film Collection, part of the NPS History Collection. To request an in-person research appointment or for more information, contact the archivist.
Guide to the Polly Welts Kaufman Papers
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: Folder 09: Botanists: Begg, Virginia - Gardening, 1994.
DOI-USGS1 grant application closes on Sept. 14
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on Aug. 14.
The Saddle Rock Trail at Scotts Bluff National Monument Reopens to the Public
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: (GERING, NE) The popular Saddle Rock Trail has reopened for the hiking enjoyment of the public thanks to the hard work of the monument’s maintenance crew. However, the trail surface has sustained some damage, so a temporary walking surface is in place with repair work continuing through the fall. Superintendent...
Uncovering Franklin Court
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: Franklin Court. Benjamin Franklin lived in a brick house on this site while serving in the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention Franklin Died here in 1790; the house was torn down 22 years later. Today the site contains a steel "ghost structure" outlining the spot where Franklin's house...
Search Underway for Missing Hiker Bill Roberts in Sequoia National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Aug. 13, 2023 - A search is underway in Sequoia National Park for hiker Bill Roberts, 76, of Lake Tahoe, CA.
Two Separate Incidents Occurred in Rocky Mountain National Park this Weekend
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 12, a 21-year-old female from Severance, Colorado died after an approximate 300-foot fall. A 25-year-old male from San Angelo, Texas also fell approximately 300 feet and suffered critical injuries. The two individuals fell while descending in the Flying Dutchman couloir. This couloir is located inside Rocky Mountain National Park between Longs Peak and Mount Meeker.
Tractor trailer fire prevented by park rangers
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, Calif. - A tractor trailer’s brakes caught on fire-twice-while descending CA-190 eastbound from Towne Pass on August 10 in the evening. The truck was saved from a complete loss to fire by a report from an off-duty National Park Service (NPS) employee and the response by Death Valley National Park’s rangers with a fire engine.
Guide to the Dorothy Boyle Huyck Papers
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: This finding aid describes the Dorothy Boyle Huyck Papers, part of the NPS History Collection. To request an in-person research appointment or for more information, contact the archivist.
Hiker falls from Teewinot resulting in fatality
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Park rangers responded before dawn on Friday, Aug. 11, to a report of a hiker who fell off the west side of Teewinot, part of the Teton Range, inside Grand Teton National Park. Rangers found Joy Cho of Simi Valley, California, had succumbed to significant injuries during the fall and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Department of Interior publishes 17 press releases or notices in May
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
There were 17 press releases or notices published by the Department of Interior in May.
Recovery Efforts have been Completed in Rocky Mountain National Park for the Body of a 21-Year-Old Female who Took a 300-Foot Fall on the Flying Dutchman Couloir
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: On the morning of Monday, Aug. 14, recovery efforts were completed in the Flying Dutchman couloir for the body of a 21-year-old female from Severance, Colorado. Park rangers requested assistance from a Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control helicopter and helitack crew. Her body was flown to Upper Beaver Meadows and then transferred to Boulder County Coroner's Office.
July 4, 1787: Independence Day Celebration
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: The. Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America was celebrated here. the train of artillery fired the salute of the Thirteen United States with three times thirteen rounds.
Logan Pass Causes and Consequences Exhibit
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: This upright exhibit is about the causes and consequences of climate change.
Interior Department discusses Reorganization of Title 30-Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf; Correction on Aug. 14
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page rule on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
People of the AEC: William Borden
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: Although William Liscum Borden (1920-1985) was not a part of the Manhattan Project during World War II, he became a powerful influence on its successor, the Atomic Energy Commission. He graduated from Yale in 1942 and enlisted as a bomber pilot. Based in England, he flew thirty night missions, dropping...