News from June 2023
Glide Memorial Church
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2023
News Release: The Glide Memorial Church in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, California was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. The church is historically significant as a space for progressive activism and ministry for the neighborhood’s LGBTQ, Black, and Asian American communities in the 1960s and 1970s.
Rainy spring reduces East Slope water usage, filling Green Mountain Reservoir and increasing Blue River flows
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2023
News Release: LOVELAND, Colorado - The Bureau of Reclamation expects to fill Green Mountain Reservoir in late June, leading to increased flows on the Blue River below Green Mountain Dam and in the Colorado River below the Blue River confluence near Kremmling.
Plague
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2023
News Release: (This page is part of a series. For information on other illnesses that can affect NPS employees, volunteers, commercial use providers, and visitors, please see the NPS A-Z Health Topics index.).
Marty Raney joins Homestead Days 2023
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Discovery Channel star to share homesteading legacies
National Park Service offers a business opportunity to provide narrated interpretive bus tours in Acadia National Park
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a 10-year concession business opportunity for narrated interpretive bus tours and transportation in Acadia National Park.
Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact in the State of Washington discussed on June 14 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Interior Department discusses Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications on June 14
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2023
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Cole Brusa named as new NPS Fire and Aviation IT Pathways intern
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Cole Brusa has been selected as the Information Technology (IT) Specialist – IT Pathways intern for the Division of Fire and Aviation’s Branch of the Information Technology & Resource Management (ITRM).
DOI-FWS offers new grant application process starting June 15
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2023
F24AS00386 - FY 2024 - Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act - BIG Tier 1 grant opened on June 15.
Mace Announces Hearing on use of Cutting-Edge Technology to Protect America
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will hold a hearing titled “Using Cutting-Edge Technologies to Keep America Safe.
Wenstrup to Hold Hearing on Civil Liberty Violations During COVID-19 Pandemic
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled “Churches vs. Casinos: The Constitution is not Suspended in Times of Crisis” to examine the constitutionality of federal, state, and local actions during the COVID-19 pandemic that infringed on the civil liberties of Americans.
Sessions Announces Hearing on Post-Pandemic Backlogs and Delays at Federal Agencies
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) will hold a hearing titled “Please Leave Your Message at the Tone: Addressing Post-Pandemic Backlogs and Delays at Federal Agencies.
Community programs offered at Cosby Campground this summer
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials invite the public to attend Celebrating Cosby: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow community programs every Friday from June 23 through July 14 at the Cosby Campground Amphitheater.
Veteran NPS Manager Heidie Grigg Named Glen Canyon Chief of External Affairs
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Heidie Grigg, a veteran NPS manager, has been named new Chief of External Affairs for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument by Superintendent Michelle Kerns.
BLM announces updated management strategies for Southeastern Oregon
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management today released a proposed resource management plan designed to preserve natural landscapes, primitive recreation, and scenic values in Southeastern Oregon.
Megan Parde selected as site manager of First Ladies National Historic Site
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
oday National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Bert Frost announced the selection of Megan Parde as the new site manager of First Ladies National Historic Site in Ohio.
BLM campgrounds, roads open June 16
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Shoshone Lake Road delayed until June 30
Bureau of Land Management to Revise Analysis for the Alton Coal Lease in Utah
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
In response to a court-ordered remand issued in Utah Physicians For A Healthy Env’t v. United States BLM, 528 F. Supp. 3d 1222 (D. Utah 2021), the Bureau of Land Management is initiating a process to revise aspects of the environment impact statement that supported the lease sale that resulted in the issuance of Alton Coal Development’s coal lease, UTU-81895, on public lands in Kane County, Utah.
BLM Issues sale notice for oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office today issued the sale notice for a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 115 parcels covering 95,351.20 acres in Wyoming scheduled for September 6, 2023
Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council to Meet in June
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management’s Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet at the BLM’s San Luis Valley Field Office on June 22, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. MT