News from July 2023
Body of missing backpacker located along Bailey Range Traverse
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: Port Angeles, WA- A search for Lisa Markli of Port Angeles, WA, concluded on July 22nd after her body was located below Stephen Peak. Lisa was travelling solo on the Bailey Range Traverse, a remote, off-trail route. Olympic National Park dispatched aerial and ground resources on July 20th after she was reported overdue. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and Mount Rainier’s A-STAR helicopter extensively searched the area.
Biederman Fire #192
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: The first lightning-caused wildfire of 2023 in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve was discovered Monday, July 24. The 64.5-acre Biederman Fire #192 is 50% active, creeping and backing, with group torching, on a mixed-forest mountaintop north of Biederman Bluff on the Yukon River, five miles northwest...
Oldfarm: Station Ten
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: Station Ten of the Oldfarm Video Tour.
Reds Meadow area update
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: MAMMOTH LAKES, CA July 26, 2023 - Reds Meadow Road opened on Friday, July 21 to provide access to Rainbow Falls, Reds Meadow Resort, recreation sites and trailheads in the Reds Meadow Valley. Devils Postpile National Monument will open on Thursday, July 27.
DOI-USGS1 offers new grant application process starting July 27
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on July 27.
2023 Late Summer Operations at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: FREDERICKSBURG, VA - Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park’s late summer schedule will run from Aug. 13, 2023 to Oct. 21, 2023. Plan your visit and discover the stories of soldiers, civilians and enslaved freedom seekers who experienced four major battles and helped determine the fate of the nation during the Civil War.
DOI-USGS1 offers new grant application process starting July 27
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner through the Southern Appalachian Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on July 27.
Oldfarm: Station Three
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: Station Three of the Oldfarm Video Tour.
Crater Lake National Park Implements Fire Ban for 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - With the increase in fire danger in southern Oregon, Crater Lake National Park will go into a full fire ban. The outlook is for above normal significant wildland fire potential for the next several months.
Oldfarm: Station Seven
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: Station Seven of the Oldfarm Video Tour. There is no marker at this station.
Secretary Haaland Applauds President Biden’s Designation of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today applauded President Biden’s designation of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, which protects three historic sites in Illinois and Mississippi that will help tell a more complete story of our country’s history. The new national ...
Apgar Visitor Center
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: Located just inside the west entrance, the Apgar Visitor Center is open daily throughout the summer.
Notice published by Interior Department on July 26
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on July 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Crab Creek - Rocky Ford Area
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: The 3-acre Crab Creek primitive recreation site provides two joined 16’ x 16’ horse corrals, two stock watering troughs fed by a perennial stream, and open ground suitable for tent and/or RV camping. The site is popular especially with anglers, hunters, hikers, and horseback riders. It serves as the primary access point to the surrounding BLM Crab Creek/Rocky Ford area, including 9 miles of both sides of Crab Creek.
BLM seeks public comment on proposal for exploratory drilling west of Moab
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day comment period for an updated A1 Lithium Incorporated Mineral Exploration Project Environmental Assessment, which analyzes a proposal to re-enter two plugged and abandoned wellbores and assess potentially valuable lithium and associated mineral salt deposits on federal lands approximately eight miles west of Moab in Grand County.
Oldfarm: Station Two
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: Station Two of the Oldfarm Video Tour.
Mike Schell named training program manager for the NPS Branch of Structural Fire
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: Michael “Mike" Schell is the new training program manager for the National Park Service (NPS) Branch of Structural Fire. Mike previously served as the operations program manager, leading the NPS service-wide structural fire protection and suppression program. “I am looking forward to assuming the position...
Oldfarm: Station Nine
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: Station Nine of the Oldfarm Video Tour.
Wild Goose Island Overlook
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
News Release: The view of Saint Mary Lake at Wild Goose Island Overlook is perhaps one of the most recognizable scenes in all of Glacier.
DOI-BOEM grant application closes on Aug. 28
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2023
Sand and Gravel Resource Identification and Mapping in Long Bay, Offshore North Carolina and South Carolina, for Coastal Resilience Projects and Multi-use Conflict Mitigation grant opened on July 27.