News from August 2023
September 2, 2023 Annual Railroaders Festival
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: Golden Spike National Historical Park cordially invites the public our Annual Railroaders Festival on September 2nd, 2023. This event will celebrate railroad and frontier culture with family games, hand car rides, reenactments of the Last Spike Ceremony, Locomotive Demonstrations and Ranger Programs.
Bandstand Temporarily Closed for Repairs
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - The Bandstand is scheduled for repairs starting Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, and will remain closed through Sept. 15, 2023. The Bandstand is a historic structure that serves as an integral part of the cultural landscape and overall historic district of Christiansted National...
American Conservation Experience Intern Rebecca Gillespie shares her experience at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: In the summer of 2023, Rebecca Gillespie joined the Cultural Resources team at Fort Vancouver through American Conservation Experience's Cultural Resources Diversity Internship Program. American Conservation Experience is a non-profit organization that places interns with National Park Service units to work on projects that protect and preserve the resources cared for by national parks across the country.
National Park Service Approves Ice Age National Scenic Trail Corridor Plan for Rock County, Wisconsin
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: CROSS PLAINS, Wis., - The National Park Service (NPS) has approved a Corridor Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (Ice Age NST) in Rock County, Wisconsin. The corridor is an area averaging 2-5 miles wide that includes some of the best glacial features in Rock County...
The National Park Service Seeks Public Input for the Tomales Point Area Plan at Point Reyes National Seashore
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: POINT REYES STATION, Calif. - The National Park Service (NPS) seeks public comment for the proposed Tomales Point Area Plan and environmental assessment that will update management of the Tomales Point area of Point Reyes National Seashore. The planning area includes the 2,900-acre Tomales Point Tule...
Interior Department discusses National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions on Aug. 25
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Mount Fremont Fire Lookout
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: Built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Mount Fremont Fire Lookout is a historic structure located within the Mount Rainer National Historic Landmark District. One of four lookouts remaining in the park, it helped protect the park and surrounding national forests from fire. Located at 7,181 feet in elevation, it is the highest fire lookout in the park.
Tourism to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park contributes $72.1 million to local economy
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: FREDERICKSBURG, VA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 756,000 visitors to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in 2022 spent $49.9 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 617 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $72.1 million.
Biden-Harris Administration Approves Fourth Major Offshore Wind Project
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced its approval of the Revolution Wind project. Located about 15 nautical miles southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, the project will have an estimated capacity of 704 megawatts of clean energy, capable of powering nearly 250,000 homes. The project is expected to create an estimated 1,200 local jobs during the construction phase.
Deputy Secretary Beaudreau, White House Infrastructure Coordinator Landrieu Highlight President’s Investing in America Agenda in Alaska
By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE - Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau and Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu were in Alaska this week to highlight how historic resources from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda are supporting Tribal communities impacted by climate change and advancing co-stewardship and salmon conservation across the Yukon, Kuskokwim and Norton Sound Region.
Poetry Workshops at Petrified Forest National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: PETRIFIED FOREST, ARIZONA-Petrified Forest National Park will host poetry workshops on Saturday, September 2 and on Sunday, September 3 9am-12pm. Facilitated by poet Jodie Hollander, these free workshops will allow participants to create an original poem inspired by their connection to their public lands.
Green River Scenic Overlook
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: This overlook provides a panoramic view of the Cub Creek Valley, which lies between Split Mountain on the left and Blue Mountain on the right. The influence of water in this dry environment is easy to see. The native cottonwood trees shading the campground below depend on the Green River, as do the irrigated...
Fatality at Bryce Canyon National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: Bryce Canyon National Park received a report at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 25 of a hiker, 64-year-old Jeanne Roblez Howell of Sedona, Arizona, who was overdue from a 2 p.m. hike on the Fairyland Loop trail. A search of the area was conducted in cooperation with the Garfield County Sheriff’s office and...
Tour of the Tilted Rocks Stop #3
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: The Utah Juniper is a hardy tree that thrives in environments where other plants would find it difficult to take root. Able to withstand intense heat, fierce cold, overbearing sunlight, extreme lack of water, and blasting winds, the juniper provides an important source of food and shelter for desert dwellers.
Tour of the Tilted Rocks Stop #7
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: The distinctively colorful layers help to identify the Morrison Formation, a group of rock layers that occur throughout this region. Paleontologists find this rock attractive for more than its colors; a few of its outcrops contain 150 million year old dinosaur fossils like those found at the Dinosaur...
Public notices: Interior Department publishes 31 in week ending Aug. 12
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
There were 31 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending Aug. 12, according to the Federal Register.
Split Mountain Overlook
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: From the Split Mountain Overlook, one can look out across the landscape that is under constant change. Below the cottonwood groves of the Split Mountain Campground shade the ever shifting banks along the Green River. Across the water, Dinosaur's staggering geologic history is on full display as multiple layers of rock have been tilted upwards, with some older rock exposures dating well back to 300 million years ago.
Tour of the Tilted Rocks Stop #9
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: The road to the right will take you outside of Dinosaur National Monument, crossing private property. You will pass through two gates. The road will lead you to a fenced petroglyph site protected by the Bureau of Land Management. This site is of a similar time and style to petroglyphs found throughout the monument. When driving to and from the petroglyph site, remember to leave all gates as you found them. If you open a gate, close it behind you.
Prosper Road Trailhead at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: The Prosper Road trailhead begins in a small parking lot on Prosper Road, on the western side of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park.
Tour of the Tilted Rocks Stop #4
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
News Release: The tilt and colors of the rocks are the most noticeable features of the landscape. Each rock layer was formed in a certain environment at a specific time. Geologists call those discrete layers formations. The formation on either side of the road here formed in streams and rivers during the late Triassic...