News from September 2023
Cape Cod National Seashore to Host Cape Cod Astronomical Society for Second Dark Sky Festival on September 15 and 16
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass.- Cape Cod National Seashore welcomes Cape Cod Astronomical Society as a cohost of the park’s second annual “Dark Sky Festival" on September 15 and 16. This event will provide presentations and activities for the public at Salt Pond Visitor Center during the day and a “Star Party" night...
LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac Cultural Landscape
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Short Summary. The Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Memorial Grove on the Potomac is a designed landscape located in Lady Bird Johnson Park on the west side of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Lyndon Johnson served as the 36th president of the United States from November 1963 to January 1969. Johnson...
Bureau of Land Management Closes Public Lands Within Tyee Ridge Complex Fires
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is closing public lands within the Tyee Ridge Complex Fires, located in the Tyee/Umpqua/Hubbard Creek area northwest of Roseburg. This emergency closure order is for the safety of the public and firefighter personnel.
Public invited to provide comment on Environmental Assessment for stream and wetland restoration project at Fort Dupont Park
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON- The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), is seeking public comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Fort Dupont Creek stream and wetland restoration project at Fort Dupont Park in southeast...
NRGNPP Announces Improvements to the Kaymoor Miners Trail Steps to close for three weeks in September
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Glen Jean, W.Va. - The NPS announces work to provide necessary improvements to steps on the Kaymoor Miners Trail that will begin on Tuesday, September 5 and last for approximately three weeks through Thursday, September 28. Because of the scale of the project, a full closure of the entire staircase from the bench level to Kaymoor Bottom is necessary to ensure visitor safety.
Labor Day Weekend at Saint-Gaudens NHP
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: To the artists without the fame.
July 13, 1787: A Two-headed Snake
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "The Doctor [Franklin] showed me a curiosity he had just received, and with he was much pleased. It was a snake with two heads. he was then going to mention a humorous matter that had that day taken place in Convention, in consequence of his comparing the snake to America,. but the secrecy of Convention matters was suggested to him, which stopped him, and deprived me of the story he was going to tell.".
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Relaunches “Artist-in-Residence” Program with Local Clay Artist
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio Missions National Historical is pleased to announce the relaunch of its “Artist-in-Residence" program. The Artist-in-Residence program is a national park system-wide program that hosts artists in parks to help connect visitors and tell park stories using art. It has been several...
Remains of Climber Found on Reynolds Mountain
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Sept. 1, 2023] - The body of missing climber Adam Fuselier, a 32-year-old man from Castle Pines, Colorado, was found by NPS ground searchers at approximately 11 am today. Cause of death is still under investigation.
Bureau of Land Management Wyoming seeks public comment for proposed March 2024 oil and gas lease sale
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Consistent with the direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming today released an environmental assessment analyzing 36 oil and gas parcels totaling approximately 19,140.94 acres for a proposed lease sale that would be held in March 2024. The release of this environmental assessment starts a 30-day public comment period, which will end Oct. 2, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
Fall Operations at Craters of the Moon
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: ARCO, ID, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve has started its fall season operations. The Robert Limbert Visitor Center and Natural History Association Bookstore are open daily from 9 am to 4:30 pm. Park films are available on request.
Acadia National Park Advisory Commission meets on September 11
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet in-person at Moore Auditorium at the Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor, ME at 1 pm on Monday, September 11. There will also be a virtual option available for those unable to attend in-person. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comment.
George Mason Memorial Cultural Landscape
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Introduction. The George Mason Memorial is a historic designed landscape located in West Potomac Park along the southern edge of the Tidal Basin in downtown Washington, D.C. Since original development at the turn of the twentieth century, the garden has been widely known for its brilliant floral blooms.
Reclamation to temporarily close Delta Cross Channel Gates
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Walnut Grove, Calif - The Bureau of Reclamation will close the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at about 10 a.m. The closure is required to meet salinity requirements in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The gates will remain closed until Friday, Sept. 8 at about 10 a.m.
New information reveals the identity of a State Trooper buried at St. Paul’s
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: New information reveals the identity of a State Trooper buried at St. Paul’s.
Caparra Archeological Site Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: When Ponce de León set out to create Puerto Rico’s first capital, he chose a site in present-day Guaynabo on the northeastern edge of the island. Known as Caparra or La Ciudad de Puerto Rico, the city was established in 1508, making it the oldest known European community currently under the authority...
Garfield Telegraph September 2023
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: A September day when life departed James A. Garfield.
July 15, 1787: A Sorely Needed Recess
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "P.S. Have you thinned the Carrots which were too thick?".
Glacier National Park Fall Operation Adjustments for 2023
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Sept. 1, 2023] - As the autumn season approaches, operations in the park will start winding down. On Sept. 10, the park’s 2023 vehicle reservation pilot will end.
July 14, 1787: Revisiting the Compromise
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "He was sure that no government would last that was not founded on just principles. He preferred the doing of nothing, to an allowance of an equal vote to all the States.".