News from August 2023
Pipestone National Monument Receives National Park Foundation Grant to Connect Indigenous Youth with Quarries
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Pipestone National Monument is honored to have received the National Park Foundation’s Open Outdoors for Kids Grant for 2024! This grant will fund field trips to the park from under-resourced communities, with a special focus on re-connecting Indigenous youth to their ancestral land.
National Park Service awards contract to repair Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park seawalls
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund is providing $112.76 million to the National Park Service for a contract to rehabilitate the failing seawalls around a portion of the Tidal Basin and along the Potomac River through West Potomac Park.
Twin Firs Fire Contained in Mount Rainier National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park officials announce that the Twin Firs Fire has been successfully contained. The Twin Firs Trail has now reopened to the public.
Charleston Area National Park Sites Close Due to Threat of Hurricane Idalia (Sullivan's Island,)
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC - On Aug. 29, 2023, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site have temporarily closed in preparation for Hurricane Idalia and the safety of visitors and staff. All concession-operated ferry trips to Fort Sumter have been suspended and no special park use permits will be issued until further notice. .
Charleston Area National Park Sites Close Due to Threat of Hurricane Idalia (Sullivan's Island,)
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC - On Aug. 29, 2023, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site have temporarily closed in preparation for Hurricane Idalia and the safety of visitors and staff. All concession-operated ferry trips to Fort Sumter have been suspended and no special park use permits will be issued until further notice. .
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 4
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Succession. Welcome to the “Tunnel Tree!" As you continue your journey through the wheels of time, try counting the growth rings where this tree was hollowed out. Here time is measured by the seasonal growth of a forest giant. It’s old! What was happening in human history when this tree was just a sprout?...
National Park Service announces Mike Gauthier as Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s new superintendent
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Mike Gauthier, a veteran of the agency, as the new permanent superintendent of Lake Mead National Recreation Area beginning mid-September. Gauthier has been the acting superintendent at Lake Mead since December 2022.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore prepares for severe weather impacts
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is closely monitoring the projected path of Hurricane Idalia. As of this afternoon, regional forecasts show that strong winds, heavy rainfall and other negative impacts are likely to begin as early as late Wednesday, Aug. 30 and possibly continue...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 14
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Reflections. As we come to the close of the tour, we invite you to stop and use your senses. Take a deep breath. You are inhaling some of the cleanest air in California, even the world! The lichen growing in the canopies above you are environmental indicators of your air quality. Listen. You might...
BLM seeks public comment for oil and gas lease sale in Nevada
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office yesterday opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 13 oil and gas parcels totaling 17,495 acres that may be included in an upcoming March 2024 lease sale in Nevada. The comment period ends Sept. 27, 2023.
Bureau of Land Management to gather wild horses in the Owyhee Front
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: BOISE, Idaho. - In an effort to maintain the appropriate number of wild horses in the Black Mountain, Hardtrigger and Sands Basin Herd Management Areas in Owyhee County, the Bureau of Land Management Owyhee Field Office plans to conduct a wild horse gather beginning Sept. 6, 2023. Wild horses will be gathered using the helicopter-assisted method.
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 12
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: The Biodiversity You Do Not See.
Podcast 136: Preserving and Sharing the Story of Women's Suffrage
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: A Partnership between NPS and the National Women’s Party.
My Park Story: Ketona and Hershal
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Ketona Reed. Why did you sign up for the LeChee Summer Youth Program at Glen Canyon?. I signed up for the program because I was in it last year; I decided to do so again. Reason being that the locations we would hike, drive and/or meet new people would always be so amazing. Including the amazing staff...
Canaveral National Seashore Prepares for Hurricane Idalia
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Canaveral National Seashore will close the park and beaches within the boundary beginning Wednesday, August 30th, in preparation for hurricane Idalia. With the safety of employees and visitors being NPS’ top priority, this includes Apollo Beach, Playalinda Beach, and Seminole Rest. Please observe all...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 3
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Disturbance. Fire is an important element in healthy forest ecologies. Fire makes space for plants to grow and returns vital nutrients to the soil. Most of the larger and older trees in this forest can resist serious fire damage due to thick layers of bark. Many of the younger trees, huckleberries and...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 11
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Floods. The habitat you are exploring here along the creek lies upon a sedimentary mix called alluvium. Composed of sand, silt and clay, this well-aerated mix of soils, combined with high moisture levels and low wind exposure, makes this area an ideal environment for redwood growth. At different times...
Nutrition on the Home Front in World War II
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Introduction. The science of nutrition that we take for granted today was in its infancy when World War II began. Before the 1930s, scientists knew that protein, energy, and minerals made up a nutritious diet. They also knew that some other things contributed, but they did not know what they were. During...
Reclamation Cautions Public as it Plans Annual Lowering of Guernsey Reservoir
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: MILLS, Wyo.- The Bureau of Reclamation will be lowering the water level at Guernsey Reservoir as the irrigation season draws to a close. Reclamation lowers Guernsey Reservoir at the end of each irrigation season as irrigation deliveries are discontinued.
Timucuan Preserve to Close Ahead of Hurricane Idalia
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve will be closed as of 5:00 p.m., Monday, August 28 with the approach of Hurricane Idalia. The projected forecast and potential for flooding, extreme high tides, and unsafe road conditions will likely create hazards throughout the park. “Potential...