News from June 2023
Public notices: Interior Department publishes 82 in April
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
There were 82 notices published by the Interior Department in April, according to the Federal Register.
Dates Selected for 2023 Ash Mountain Prescribed Burn
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Calif. June 03, 2023 - Firefighters plan to begin ignitions on the 2023 Ash Mountain Prescribed Burn in the foothills of Sequoia National Park on Wednesday, June 7. Three to five days of ignitions are planned. This project consists of 35 acres of broadcast prescribed burning and an additional 4 acres of non-fire fuels reduction (using weed whips, chainsaws, etc.).
Great Hall at Grand Portage
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: The Depot at Grand Portage is the summer headquarters for the North West Company, and the Great Hall is the meeting room. Here, the owners of the company discussed necessary business with their clerks from the far reaches of the interior trading posts. The company owners traveled from Montreal to exchange...
“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on May 30
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS“ was published in the Senate section on pages S1787-S1788 on May 30
Interior Department publishes 27 notices in week ending May 20
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
There were 27 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending May 20, according to the Federal Register.
Artist-in-Resident 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: Jacek Smolicki. "One Step at a Deep Time" a Soundwalk composition for the ecotones of Canaveral National Seashore. One Step at a Deep Time (on-going.net). Sounds spill, permeate, cross boundaries and transgress borders. You are in an ecotone, a place and time where different ecosystems collide. Tone...
Westerman Releases Statement Ahead of 2023 Fire Season
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
On June 2, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)
Grothman, National Security Subcommittee Members Investigate Human Trafficking Risks as Biden Administration Moves to End DNA Testing at the Border
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) and members of the subcommittee are launching an investigation after reports indicated that the Biden Administration will end familial DNA testing used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to confirm claimed family unit relationships.
Comer & Grassley to Wray: Provide the Unclassified Documents or Face Contempt
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statements after their discussion with FBI Director Christopher Wray about producing to Congress the unclassified, FBI-generated record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.
Comer Probes Federal Trade Commission Chair Khan’s Abuses of Power
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is today opening an investigation into President Biden’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appointee Chair Lina Khan.
Comer Presses White House Over IG Vacancies at Departments of State, Treasury & USAID
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
Urges President Biden to nominate highly qualified candidates to fill these vacancies
Western Regulatory Field Office calls balls and strikes for equitable customer service
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
Customer service may not immediately inspire thoughts about the regulatory arm of the U.S. Corps of Engineers Nashville District. But customer service is precisely what the Western Regulatory Field Office in Decatur, Ala. provides through the permitting process.
Charleston District, Horry County Host Public Input Meetings for Waccamaw River Flood Risk Management Study
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District and Horry County are hosting three public meetings to solicit public input as they consider flood risk reduction measures for flood impacts along the Waccamaw River and its tributaries.
USACE Louisville District, USDA and University of Kentucky break ground on new research facility
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District celebrated the groundbreaking of a $65.9 million Forage Animal Production Research Unit with the United States Department of Agriculture and University of Kentucky, May 23, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Road NF-1993 across Cougar Dam closed for construction
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
Travelers visiting the McKenzie River National Recreation Area may need to plan alternate travel routes to the area’s trails and campgrounds.
Supporting our soldiers, means supporting their children
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
Before CPT John Lim was stationed at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Wrightstown, New Jersey, he, his wife, and young child moved a lot in the last eight years for his military career.
Dates Selected for 2023 Ash Mountain Prescribed Burn
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Calif. June 03, 2023 – Firefighters plan to begin ignitions on the 2023 Ash Mountain Prescribed Burn in the foothills of Sequoia National Park on Wednesday, June 7.
Headwater Highlights: Nation’s temporary emergency power mission surges through Pittsburgh
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
When a natural disaster cuts out the power, families lose more than just the ability to turn on the lights, keep food fresh in their refrigerators or charge their cell phones.
NAVIGATION NOTICE Number SWL 23-27 McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
This is to advise mariners transiting the White River Entrance Channel (WREC) of increased head differentials between Norrell Lock and Dam and Montgomery Point Lock and Dam.
Star gaze this summer during Gateway to the Stars events at Gateway Arch National Park
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
NPS with its partners, the St. Louis Astronomical Society and Dark Sky Missouri will host Gateway Arch National Park’s Gateway to the Stars program on select dates beginning Friday, May 26, 2023, through Friday, October 27, 2023.