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News Release: WASHINGTON - In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on June 3, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the designation of nine new national recreation trails in nine states, adding 340 miles to the National Trails System. The newly designated trails join a network of more than 1,300 existing national recreation trails, which can be found in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.    

BLM seeks comments on proposed 300 MW Bonanza Solar Project

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the Bonanza Solar Project, in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada. If approved as proposed, this project would generate up to 300 megawatts of solar energy and would include 300 megawatts of battery storage for communities in southwest Nevada, including Las Vegas.

Public Land Order No. 7922; Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area; Alaska discussed on June 2 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Interior Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; Northeast Region Hunter Participation Surveys on June 2

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office seeks public comment for the December 2023 oil, gas lease sale

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Consistent with direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office released an environmental assessment today analyzing six parcels comprising 8,972.24 acres for the proposed December 2023 competitive oil and gas lease sale on lands managed within the Vernal Field Office in Uintah County. The release of this environmental assessment starts a 30-day public comment period.

Interior Department discusses Endangered Wildlife; Recovery Permit Applications on June 2

The US Interior Department published a four page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions discussed on June 2 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Biden-Harris Administration Protects Chaco Region, Tribal Cultural Sites from Development

News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland took action today to protect the cultural and historic resources surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park from new oil and gas leasing and mining claims. President Biden first announced efforts to protect the greater Chaco landscape at the ...

BLM seeks comments on proposed 300 MW Bonanza Solar Project

By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the Bonanza Solar Project, in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada.

Auxiliary Lock to open for season at Lock 14

By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces the auxiliary lock, located at Locks and Dam 14 in Pleasant Valley, Iowa, will open May 26 for recreational boating traffic.

Comer & Grassley Blast FBI for Refusing to Provide Subpoenaed Record Alleging Then-VP Biden Engaged in a Bribery Scheme

By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023

Comer threatens to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings if Director Wray continues to defy subpoena

Hearing Wrap Up: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse is a ‘Case of Failed Supervision’

On May 25, the House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) held a hearing titled “A Failure of Supervision: Bank Failures and the San Francisco Federal Reserve.

Army Corps updates water release schedule for Francis E. Walter Dam

The U.S. Army Corps Engineers’ Philadelphia District announced an update to the 2023 Francis E. Walter Dam recreation plan

Group Picnic Shelter at Poplar Springs Recreation Area Now Open

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hartwell Lake Project Office, announces the Group Picnic Shelter at Poplar Springs Recreation Area in Franklin Co., Ga., is now open for reservations.

Topeka Cemetary

News Release: The Topeka Cemetery, established in 1859, is the oldest chartered burial ground in Kansas. The cemetery is the resting place of many of Topeka’s most noted citizens, including Charles Curtis, the 31st Vice President of the United States, and Topeka founder, Cyrus K. Holliday. Five former Kansas governors...

Reel In and Recycle at Dale Hollow Lake

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dale Hollow Lake has implemented a fishing line recycling program called The Reel In and Recycle Program.

Petrified Forest Hosts Four Artists-In-Residence for the 2023 Season

News Release: PETRIFIED FOREST, ARIZONA-Artwork has been integral to the protection, preservation, and public enjoyment of our national parks. Since the park’s hundredth birthday in 2006, Artists-in-Residence have offered their creative interpretation of the Petrified Forest. There have been painters, photographers...

U.S. Marshals Service Missing Child Unit National Operation ‘We Will Find You’ Leads to Recovery of 14 Missing Endangered Children, Multiple Arrests During Eastern District of Louisiana Segment

The U.S. Marshals Service New Orleans Task Force phase of the national missing children Operation We Will Find You resulted in the recovery of 14 missing or endangered children from either Orleans, Jefferson, or St. Tammany Parish.

Sumner Elementary School

News Release: Built in 1936, Sumner Elementary School helped launch the nation’s Civil Rights Movement, as one of the schools at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. Sumner was one of 18 Topeka grade schools open only to white children. In the fall of 1950, Oliver Brown, under...

National Park Service completes flood prevention project along the C&O Canal towpath