News from July 2023


Podcast 085: Cultural Protocol While Working in Hawaiian Cemeteries

News Release: Jason Church: This is Jason Church, and I’m here on the island of Molokai, and I’m here with-.


Interior Department publishes 20 notices in week ending June 24

There were 20 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending June 24, according to the Federal Register.


Podcast 087: Shining Silver Part 2: Presenting the History of Gorham Silver

News Release: Catherine Cooper: It sounds like such a huge undertaking. So three years in preparation, and then it will be up for a few months here. What led the RISD Museum to actually decide to do something to this scale?


Evening on the Summit: Dead Irish Blues

News Release: Dead Irish Blues will perform at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. in the amphitheater. This concert is free and no reservations are required. In the event of rain, the concert will take place in the Visitor Center theater.


Podcast 083: 3D Documentation in Ladakh, India

News Release: Satish Pandey: It was way back in 2007. It’s been nearly nine years.


Podcast 088: Paths through History: Accessible Trails at Voyagers National Park

News Release: Elsworth Rock Gardens. Debbie Smith: David and Jason, thank you for joining me today. David, could you tell me a little bit about Ellsworth Rock Gardens ?. David Driapsa: Ellsworth Rock Gardens is an historic district in Voyageurs National Park. It was the summer home of Jack and Elsa Ellsworth, and...


Podcast 086: Shining Silver Part 1: Conserving Objects for the Gorham Silver Exhibit

News Release: Catherine Cooper: Hello, this is Catherine Cooper. I’m here at the RISD Museum with Ingrid Neuman. So Ingrid, could you tell me a bit about the work you do here at RISD?


Whitman Mission National Historic Site Begins Summer Hours

News Release: WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Whitman Mission National Historic Site will begin its summer hours on July 16, 2023. Under this schedule, the Visitor Center will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. seven days a week. The park’s picnic area, trails, and grounds continue to be open daily, sunrise to sunset.


Yosemite Fire Update for July 8, 2023

News Release: Pika Fire. Location: Just west of North Dome. Elevation: 7,100 feet. Discover date: June 29, 2023. Size: 4 acres. Cause: Lightning. Yosemite Fire crews are scouting the fire to implement a confine and contain strategy utilizing natural barriers and trails. The fire has slow growth, with some isolated...


Long Island Light

News Release: $11,500 dollars for the lighthouse, and the Boston Marine Society picked the location on the north end of the island.1 First lit in 1819, the light, then named “Inner Harbor Light," stood at 20 feet tall.2.


Interior Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Forms to Determine Compliance by Certain Landholders on July 10

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Monitoring Sea Level Rise

News Release: What do the highest tides of the year tell us about future sea levels, storms, and vulnerability of coastal locations?


The Continuing Debate over the Meaning of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision

News Release: On June 29, 2023, the US Supreme Court decided the cases Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, et al. In the majority and dissenting opinions, several justices continued the debate over the...


Notice of Filing of Plat of Surveys; Minnesota discussed on July 10 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Fatality on Blitzen Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park

News Release: On Sunday, July 9, 2023, a 26-year-old female from Boulder, Colorado died after an approximate 500-foot-fall while free-solo climbing on the Four Aces of Blitzen Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park. Blitzen Ridge is located on Ypsilon Mountain on the east side of the park.


Celebrating Latino Conservation Week

News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Friends of the Inyo, Death Valley National Park, the Bureau of Land Management, and other conservation organizations will kick off the Latino Conservation Week celebration with an event on July 15 in Bishop, CA. “Naturaleza, Conectividad y Crédito" (“Nature, Connectivity and Credit") is a free, bilingual event to share the best ways to access and enjoy public lands.



Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications discussed on July 10 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a five page notice on July 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Voyageurs National Park Announces Boat Launch Ramp Replacement at the Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center in 2023

News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Later this summer, the National Park Service will be replacing the Kabetogama Lake Boat Launch Ramp. The original boat launch ramp was built in the 1980s and is in a deteriorated condition. The new launch ramp will replace the current footprint of forty-feet wide, sixteen-foot...