News from May 2023
USACE closes swim beaches at Cranfield and Oakland Park until further notice
By Interior Newswire Report | May 19, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mountain Home Project Office has closed the swim beaches at Cranfield on Norfork Lake and Oakland Park on Bull Shoals Lake until further notice.
May 20-26 declared as Safe Boating Week in Arkansas
By Interior Newswire Report | May 19, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District in partnership with the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and Entergy attended a Safe Boating Week Proclamation ceremony where Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders declared May 20-26 as Safe Boating Week in the Natural State.
May 20-26 declared as Safe Boating Week in Arkansas
By Interior Newswire Report | May 19, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District in partnership with the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and Entergy attended a Safe Boating Week Proclamation ceremony where Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders declared May 20-26 as Safe Boating Week in the Natural State
Information Panel: Historic Road Trace
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: The road trace before you once linked the Spring Hill Farm (Henry Hill) and the Portici plantation. Both of these properties figured prominently at First Manassas and the narrow path connecting them became a conduit for Confederate troop movements.
USACE opens larger, safer parking lot at Martis Valley Trail
By Interior Newswire Report | May 19, 2023
In coordination with Placer County and the Northstar Community Services District, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened a new parking lot at Martis Creek Dam and Lake on May 19.
USACE closes swim beaches at Lost Bridge North and Damsite Peninsula until further notice
By Interior Newswire Report | May 19, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Beaver Lake Project Office has closed the swim beaches at Lost Bridge North and Damsite Peninsula on Beaver Lake until further notice.
Information Panel: 7th Georgia Markers
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: Veterans of the 7th Georgia Infantry selected Manassas Battlefield as the site of their annual reunion in 1905. During their visit the group erected seven marble markers to denote the different positions occupied by the regiment at both battles. All seven were located on or near Henry Hill. Most of these commemorative markers vanished over the last century. This is one of only two markers to survive on the field.
Information Panel: The Marines of 61
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: To support the advance into Virginia, the Navy Department detailed a battalion of U.S. Marines for temporary field service with Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell's Union Army. The Marine Commandant, Col. John Harris, expressed misgivings about the inexperience of his available force. Of the 350 Marines then training at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. most were raw recruits with less than three weeks' service.
Information Panel: War Time Henry Hill
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: Shortly after the Confederate army left the area, Northern photographers ventured out to the battlefield to document the landscape. George Barnard captured this image of Henry Hill in March 1862 from approximately where you now stand. Only ruins remained of the Henry house. War returned to this ground later that summer, when the battle-scarred farm witnessed the climactic fighting of Second Manassas.
Information Panel: Artillery Duel
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: General Irvin McDowell felt confident that victory was at hand. The Federal flanking column had marched around and behind the Confederate defenses along Bull Run. Nearly 18,000 troops were at, or en route, to the front. Confederate resistance on Matthews Hill had collapsed. After a two-hour delay to reorganize his available men, the Union commander turned his attention to pressing the retreating foe and occupying Henry Hill.
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI discussed on May 18 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Importance of lava tubes described in park’s latest Hawaiian cultural video, ‘Ohi Wai
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - A new documentary produced by Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park reveals the importance of lava tubes, both culturally and as ecosystems. The short film also shares Hawaiian culture to a broad audience during Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Information Panel: Point Blank Volley
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: Captain Charles Griffin's cannon, a section of Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery, fired only two rounds when an unidentified line of infantry approached from the fence ahead. Who were they? Griffin proclaimed them the enemy. His commanding officer, the army's chief of artillery, disagreed. Reassured, the gunners resumed firing on the Confederate artillery in the distance.
Information Panel: Flight From Matthews Hill
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: The First Battle of Manassas started on Matthews Hill - the prominent rise one-half mile ahead of you. Thousands of Federals were swiftly advancing in this direction. Confederate Capt. John Imboden rushed four cannon into position near here to try and slow the Federal attack. The artillerists fired at top speed, knowing it would take massive reinforcements to stop the Yankees.
Practice Run for Park-wide Water-Quality Assessment at Carolina Coastal Parks
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: Soil and Water Tour. Practice makes perfect. That’s the mantra of Eric Starkey and Daniel McCay the SECNs aquatic ecologist and hydrologic technician. To prepare for their Park-wide water quality Assessment at Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores in July, the pair traveled about an hour...
The BLM extends withdrawal for protection of the historic town of Rhyolite
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: Nye County, NV. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced publication of a Public Land Order that extends the withdrawal of public lands in the historic town of Rhyolite for another 20 years. Extension of the withdrawal supports BLM management of 277.05 acres of public lands for the protection of Rhyolite historic site.
2023 Helicopter Supported Wilderness Projects
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA-Several projects with helicopter support will begin this season in the Stephen Mather Wilderness as snow levels recede. Time and distance of flights over and around wilderness will be minimized whenever possible. Flight dates are subject to change depending on weather and other safety factors.
Information Panel: Like A Stone Wall
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: Confederate reinforcements deployed into battle line at the edge of the woods behind you. Anchoring the center of this new position stood a brigade of Virginians - 2,500 strong - under the command of General Thomas J. Jackson. When told the enemy was driving the Confederates, Jackson calmly replied, "We will give them the bayonet.".
Wadeable Stream Monitoring at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
News Release: I’m not a scientist. But several weeks ago, I tagged along with a group of scientists to survey a stream in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Studying wadeable stream habitats is part of the National Park Service’s Inventory and Monitoring Division’s effort to evaluate the condition of...
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Yuba County Water Agency, Marysville, CA discussed on May 18 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.