News from July 2023
July 2, 1787: Deadlock
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: ". no modifications whatever could reconcile the Smaller States to the least diminution of their equal Sovereignty.".
Langston Hughes in the Classroom
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: In 2022, Langston Hughes is a well-known and well-respected author. Most American literature anthologies include his work, some children memorize and recite his poetry (“Mother to Son" or “The Negro Mother"), and schools are even named after him.
Federal subsistence hunting permits for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve available starting July 27
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Federal subsistence registration permits for hunts in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will be available starting Thursday, July 27, at the park’s Visitor Center in Copper Center and the Slana Ranger Station. The Copper Center Visitor Center is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through September 17. The Slana Ranger Station is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through September 23.
Chicamacomico Life Saving Station
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: With its two stations and five outbuildings, Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (pronounced chi-ka-ma-COM-i-co) is the most complete site of all remaining life-saving stations in North Carolina and one of the most complete sites in the nation. This site and museum is located on Hatteras Island in the village of Rodanthe on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Chapter 5: Nazi Parachutes Attack America and Get Shot Down over the Flint River by Captain Byron Watson and His Flamethrower of Death
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: Momma catches Byron lighting matches for fun. She tells a sad story about how her house caught on fire when she was a little girl and warns Byron that if he plays with matches again, she will burn him! Not even a week later, Byron is in the bathroom lighting matches for his pretend movie called “Nazi...
Chapter 3: The World’s Greatest Dinosaur War Ever
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: The new kid in Kenny’s class is named Rufus Fry.
Jeff Rasic Selected as the Alaska Region Science Advisor
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska-The National Park Service has selected long-time NPS employee Jeff Rasic as the Alaska Region Science Advisor and lead for the Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit (CESU) for Alaska. Jeff comes to the position from Gates of the Arctic National Park and Yukon-Charley Rivers Preserve (YUGA) where he has served as the Chief of Integrated Resources Management since 2013.
"Tharp's Log" Wayside
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: This interpretive wayside next to Tharp's Log - a historic cabin - give historic context of its resident and the area.
Beach Surveys Show the Link Between Marine Heatwaves and Seabird Die-offs
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: More evidence shows the connection between marine heatwaves and seabird die-offs. This recent study, a multi-partner effort led by the University of Washington, used more than 90,000 surveys of 106 seabirds on more than 1,000 beaches conducted by the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST). The study harnessed massive amounts of data from citizen science spanning the coast of California to northern Alaska.
Trauma
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: I was born in, raised for, and returned to Detroit - a major Michigan city one hour’s drive from Flint. Reading The Watsons Go to Birmingham brought back so many memories of that I-75 stretch from Michigan to The South. But what would typically be considered torture for me and my brother on that drive (that is, fighting over the one hand-held video game player or asking “Are we there yet?!" for the 93rd time) is nothing compared to the experiences of the Watsons in the 1960s.
Pretending to Survive
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: Children have been playing at war for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks believed that war games taught strategy and friendship. The Mongols, who once had the greatest army in the world, encouraged their young sons and daughters to play at war so that they would be prepared for the real thing when...
The Hidden History of By Watson’s “Conk” Style Haircut in The Watsons go to Birmingham—1963
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: Twenty years before The Watsons Go to Birmingham takes place, Mexican American youth were attacked on the streets of Los Angeles. Like many African Americans of the time, the youth were distinguished by their flamboyant zoot suit style. They wore baggy pants tapered closely at the ankles, oversized coats...
BLM seeks public comment on gas pipeline right-of-way reassignment in Kern and San Bernardino counties
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2023
News Release: NEEDLES, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 15-day public comment period for a proposed project to categorically exclude under the National Environmental Policy Act the reassignment of an existing right-of-way grant held by El Paso Natural Gas Company to the current owner, Cadiz Real...
Reclamation hosts public meeting to provide update on Delta Cross Channel gates modernization project
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2023
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is holding a hybrid public meeting Aug. 8 to provide an update on the Delta Cross Channel Gates Modernization Project and results of the feasibility level technical memorandum.
BLM to hold virtual information forum for Maricopa County solar proposals
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2023
News Release: PHOENIX -The Bureau of Land Management will host a virtual forum to share information and receive public input on two right-of-way applications for the proposed Caballero and Southwest Crossroads solar projects. The two projects are within designated solar variance areas in Maricopa County.
Jeff Horn named BLM Mother Lode Field Office manager
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2023
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has selected Jeff Horn to serve as the new Mother Lode Field Manager in El Dorado Hills. His career in public service and natural resources has spanned more than 30 years, and he now embraces the challenge of overseeing management of more than 230,000 acres of public land spanning across ten counties in central California.
Reclamation announces public teleconference negotiation for water service contract with the Santa Barbara County Water Agency
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2023
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a teleconference negotiation session for Cachuma Project water supply with Santa Barbara County Water Agency and the Member Units on a second amendment to the existing water service contract (Contract No. I75r-1802RA), dated Sept. 28, 2020.
Camp Smokey 2023 at the California State Fair, Sacramento
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2023
News Release: The 2023 California State Fair in Sacramento opened on Friday July 14th. Every year through a coordinated interagency collaboration the U.S. Forest Service, CAL FIRE, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Firefighters Burn Institute brings visitors of all ages a fun, educational and interactive fire safety and prevention exhibit called Camp Smokey.
50 Nifty Finds #31: Going in Circles
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2023
News Release: One of the highlights of the National Park Service (NPS) History Collection is a leather hatband that belonged to Horace M. Albright, former NPS assistant director and director, and Yellowstone National Park superintendent. There was never any doubt that it would be the subject of a 50 Nifty Finds article.
Cattle and Oxen at Bent's Old Fort
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: Oxen were a common sight along the Santa Fe Trail. The depiction of these beasts trudging across the plains is synonymous with western life and our transcontinental legacy. The merits and shortcomings of oxen have been long belabored; invariably, they are compared against mules. Thomas Forsythe, writing...