News from June 2023
Catherine Bragaw Selected to Lead Shiloh National Military Park
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Regional Director Mark Foust today announced the selection of Catherine Bragaw as the new superintendent of Shiloh National Military Park in Shiloh, Tennessee, effective July 2.
HEARTH Act Approval of Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico Business and Residential Leasing Ordinance discussed on May 31 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
The Mystery of Object FOST 8998
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: Sitting in a storage container in the museum collection is object “FOST 8998." This iron object was rediscovered in the Fort Stanwix National Monument collections during a 2023 inventory. When originally cataloged in the 1970s, it was labeled as a nail found in the remains of the 18th Century fort. But after a bit of research, this actually appears to be modified shot or bar shot for use in a musket.
Carver Day Celebration 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: 80th Carver Day Celebration. George Washington Carver National Monument is pleased to announce the park’s annual Carver Day celebration to be held on Saturday, July 8, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., celebrating the life of George Washington Carver and the establishment of the national monument in his...
Controlled Release of Teton Reservoir Delayed until June 5
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: RAWLINS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rawlins Field Office has delayed the controlled release of the Teton Reservoir Dam until Monday, June 5. While the dam’s condition is considered severe, it is being monitored daily and conditions have not changed. The delay is necessary to allow the...
40th Annual Fort Union Rendezvous set for June 15-18, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: Williston, ND - Get ready to step back in time as the much-anticipated Fort Union Rendezvous returns to the Upper Missouri.
DOI-BOEM offers new grant application process starting June 1
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
GM-22-05: Reevaluating BOEM's Guidelines for Identifying Submerged Pre-Contact Archaeological Sites in the Gulf of Mexico grant opened on June 1.
Brooks River Permit Requirement for 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: KING SALMON, Alaska --Katmai National Park & Preserve will implement a permit system to access the Brooks River Corridor (within the Brooks Camp Developed Area) between June 15 and October 31 for all activities, except redfish fishery subsistence activities.
President’s Investing in America agenda to invest nearly $27 million in restoration work in Idaho
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: BOISE, Idaho-As part of the President’s Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $26.95 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for the protection and conservation of wildlife habitats and recreational opportunities on public lands in Idaho. This funding will be focused in three landscape areas called the East Idaho Rivers and Plains, Snake River Plain and Upper Salmon River Restoration Landscape Areas.
My Park Story: Clinton Talley
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: I am originally from Mead, Washington area. My pathway started going to Glacier National Park in Montana as an 8-year-old kid. I clearly remember an Interpretation Ranger give a talk at the campground amphitheater saying, “You might not see the wildlife, but they see you." I was in enthralled! As a young...
President’s Investing in America agenda to invest $20 million in restoration work in Wyoming
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: Cheyenne, Wyoming - As part of the President’s Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $20 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to protect native vegetation and streams on public lands in Wyoming. This funding will be focused in two landscape areas called the LaBarge and Muddy Creek Restoration Landscape Areas.
President’s Investing in America agenda to invest $5 million in restoration work in Alaska
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - As part of the President’s Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $5 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for the protection and conservation of wildlife habitats and recreation opportunities on public lands in Alaska. This funding will be focused in a landscape area called Birch Creek and Fortymile Wild and Scenic Rivers Restoration Landscape.
BLM Sourdough Creek Campground bridge replacement partially funded by the Great American Outdoors Act
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
The Federal Highway Administration – Western Federal Lands Highway Division awarded a $3.2 million contract to D&L Construction of Cooper Landing to replace the BLM Sourdough Creek Campground bridge north of Glennallen. Work will continue through the summer to improve public access to the campground’s 42 camp sites, interpretive trail, boat launch and the Gulkana Wild and Scenic River.
BLM to host Wild Horse and Burro Event in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 1, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from western rangelands, on June 8 – June 10, at the Tennessee Livestock Center, 1720 Greenland Drive, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 37132.
President’s Investing in America agenda to invest nearly $27 million in restoration work in Montana
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: As part of the President’s Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $26.9 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for the protection and conservation of important wildlife habitats, watersheds and recreational opportunities on public lands in Montana. This funding will be focused in three landscape areas called the Missoula-Blackfoot, Hi-Line Sagebrush Anchor, and the Missouri Headwaters Restoration Landscapes.
National Park Service awards more than $3.4 million in grants to preserve and interpret World War II Japanese American confinement sites
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced $3,408,083 in Japanese American Confinement Sites grants. These funds will support 14 preservation, restoration, and education projects that help tell the story of the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, incarcerated by the U.S. government following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942.
NPS asking for help in identifying vehicle, driver of hit and run that resulted in fatality on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Milepost 221
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: (Alleghany County, NC) - On the morning of May 30, 2023, at approximately 6:00 a.m., National Park Service (NPS) dispatch operators received a report of a deceased male in the road near milepost 221 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Save the Date for the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Hawaiian Cultural Festival July 22
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawai‘i - The cultural festival is back! Save the date and join us on Saturday, July 22, 2023 for the 39th annual Hawaiian Cultural Festival, held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Kahuku in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, FREE!.
President’s Investing in America agenda to invest $7.6 million in restoration work in New Mexico
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - As part of the President’s Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $7.6 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to increase fire resiliency and protect native vegetation on public lands in New Mexico. This funding will be focused in one landscape area called the Lower Pecos Restoration Landscape.
My Park Story: Emma Hincher
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2023
News Release: Where are you from? What was your pathway to the Natinonal Park Service (NPS)?