News from September 2023
Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest Fire Update- September 5
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2023
News Release: Port Angeles, Wash. - Today, the Eagle Point Fire showed very quiet, diminished behavior because of more humid conditions and cooler weather. Crews will continue using a confine and contain suppression strategy to keep the fire from moving over the ridge to the north. Smoke is visible from the Hurricane Ridge area.
Rob Jagger’s Campground to host Special Recreation Permitted Event
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: Fort Stanton, N.M. - From Sept. 13-17, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roswell Field Office will host the Back Country Horsemen of New Mexico’s Annual Ride Meeting and trail ride out of the Rob Jagger’s Campground near Fort Stanton, N.M. The ride will be based out of the campground, with members...
Cadet Nurse Corps
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: During World War II, more than 100,000 American women served their country as members of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps. The program averted a shortage of nurses. Many participants saw it as a chance to serve their country while earning valuable career training.
Alaska’s Changing Vegetation Processes and Patterns: Plant Responses to Unprecedented Levels of Warming in the Far North
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: RESEARCH REVIEW. Carl Roland, Plant Ecologist, Denali National Park and Preserve and Central Alaska Network, National Park Service. In one sense, the vegetation of Alaska is in a constant state of flux, with the individual plants that make up familiar vegetation types that we see while traversing Alaska’s...
Planning for Future Climates at Wrangell-St. Elias: Mainstreaming Park-Based Actions
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy. Washington, DC: Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science and Climate Change Response Program, National Park Service.
Join BLM Ukiah for National Public Lands Day
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is inviting the public to roll up their sleeves and come out on Saturday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m. to noon, to help beautify the Westside Staging Area at South Cow Mountain for the 30th annual National Public Lands Day. Participants are encouraged to bring water, hats, sunscreen, gloves and sturdy work boots.
High-latitude National Parks on the Cusp of Change
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: Guest editors. Maggie MacCluskie, Program Manager, Central Alaska Network, National Park Service. Pamela J. Sousanes, Physical Scientist, Central Alaska Network and Arctic Network, National Park Service. The wild lands of Alaska national parks are changing at a rapid pace due to the disproportionate increases...
How Wildlife are Responding to a Warming Climate
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: RESEARCH REVIEW. Nina Chambers, Science Communicator, Alaska Region and Inventory & Monitoring Division, National Park Service. Maggie MacCluskie, Program Manager, Central Alaska Network, National Park Service. Krista Bartz, Aquatic Ecologist, Southwest Alaska Network, National Park Service. Bridget Borg...
Responding to the Effects of Climate Change on Subsistence in Alaska
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: Rachel Mason, Senior Cultural Anthropologist, Alaska Region, National Park Service.
Communicating Science and Inspiring Hope
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: John Morris, Alaska Coordinator, Earth to Sky Partnership, National Park Service (retired).
Miner Normal School
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: Miner Normal School, on the campus of the University of the District of Columbia, an HBCU, in Washington, D.C., was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The building is historically significant for the role it played in establishing early teacher-training programs for Black teachers nationally, and as the primary source of Black educators for Washington, D.C.'s segregated public education system.
Stories Yet Told: Alaska’s Cultural Heritage in a Time of Unprecedented Climate Change
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy. Washington, DC: Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science and Climate Change Response Program, National Park Service.
Reclamation lowers Lake Mohave water level to aid with annual razorback sucker harvest
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation is lowering water levels in Lake Mohave to aid in harvesting razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) from lakeside rearing ponds. The fish is an endangered species native to the Colorado River, and the drawdown is part of annual river operations which are timed to coincide with conservation activities for the fish.
Public Meeting for the Steens Mountain Advisory Council, Oregon discussed on Sept. 5 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: Tabernacle Baptist Church is the site of the first mass meeting of the Selma Voting Rights Movement.
(H)our History Lesson: The Cadet Nurse Corps and the WWII Home Front
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: Introduction. This lesson explores the history of the Cadet Nurse Corps, a World War II-era program that trained student nurses. Essential Question. What opportunities were available to women because of World War II?. Lesson Objectives. 1. Identify the goals of the Cadet Nurse Corps and connect those...
BLM plans National Public Lands Day event at Rob Jagger’s Campground
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: LINCOLN, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roswell Field Office is celebrating the 30th Annual National Public Lands Day by inviting volunteers to help plant native trees and shrubs at Rob Jagger’s Campground in Lincoln. BLM personnel will meet volunteers at 9 a.m., Sept. 9, at the campground and provide lunch around noon. Volunteers will receive t-shirts on a first-come, first-served basis.
Reclamation to host public meeting on water management operations
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: JACKSON, Wyo. - As part of the Bureau of Reclamation’s continued commitment to share information about its operations, a public presentation will be given on Sept. 14, 2023, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Teton County Library. Reclamation subject matter experts will be on hand to discuss federal...
Public Use Restrictions lifted on BLM lands in eastern Washington
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
News Release: SPOKANE, WA - Effective Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 12:01 a.m., most public use fire and shooting restrictions will be lifted on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in these eastern Washington counties: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima counties.
Interior Department discusses Notice of Public Meeting for the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council on Sept. 5
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.