News from 2023
BLM to host wild horse and burro event in West Bend, Wisconsin
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event September 8-9, 2023, offering approximately 30-70 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Washington County Fair Park, 3000 County HWY PV, West Bend, Wisconsin.
BLM seeks public comments on proposed adjustments to Foothill Dolomite Mine Project
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management today began a 30-day public comment period on proposed adjustments to the Foothill Dolomite Mine Project. In 2021, the BLM approved American Magnesium, LLC’s request to develop and operate a 40-acre quarry on public lands 12 miles south of Deming in Luna...
Missing Hiker Bill Roberts Found in Good Health in Sequoia National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Aug. 14, 2023 - Missing hiker Bill Roberts has been located in Sequoia National Park. Roberts is in good health and is being reunited with his family.
Paradise Historic Tour: Ski Tow-Powerhouse
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: In the 1930s, winter-time access to Paradise brought more opportunities for winter recreation. Ski races and even Olympic tryouts were held in Paradise. The first tow rope at Paradise was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1937. It was installed in 1938 and went to the top of Alta Vista.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $50 Million to Enhance Key Water Infrastructure in the Upper Colorado River Basin Through President’s Investing in America Agenda
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced $50 million over the next five years to improve key water infrastructure and enhance drought-related data collection across the Upper Colorado River Basin. The Bureau of Reclamation is making an initial $8.7 million investment in fiscal year...
Ranger's Offer a Walk and Talk about the Union Occupation of Corinth
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: Shiloh National Military Park is pleased to announce a special, one-hour program in Corinth, Mississippi, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. At 10:00 am, park visitors are invited to join Ranger Anthony Killion at the Corinth Contraband Camp for a one-hour exploration of the United States Army’s occupation of the small Mississippi town and its strategic railroad crossover.
Lightning Caused Fire in the Rincon Mountains
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2023
News Release: On August 13 at 8 am a lightning-caused fire was reported in Saguaro National Park’s Rincon Mountain northeast of Spud Rock. The Coronado National Forest helitack crew has flown the fire in a helicopter stationed at the park and reported it is in a deep, rocky drainage and is currently around 1/10 of an acre in size. Smoke may be visible from Redington Pass.
History Comes to Life at Five Forks on September 2nd!
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: PETERSBURG, VA - Petersburg National Battlefield will host living historians at Five Forks Battlefield on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Learn about the events leading up to and on April 1,1865, with living historians from the 6th Wisconsin on the battlefield. Formal programs begin at 8 am and last all day.
Blue Lake Fire Trail, Camp, and Area Closures
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: Park officials have closed trail, camps, and areas in North Cascades National Park Service Complex due to the Blue Lake Fire burning near State Route 20 milepost 160, approximately 30 miles west of Winthrop on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. For more information on the Blue Lake Fire visit Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Facebook page.
Hike Emmons Moraine Trail
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: The Emmons Moraine Trail is a short, family-friendly hike that features a view of the Emmons Glacier and its terminus, along with a beautiful turquoise lake colored by glacial silt. Enjoy a short walk through the forest along the White River to a spur trail to the Emmons Moraine, a rocky ridge of rocks deposited by the glacier.
Big Thicket National Preserve Announces New Programs for the Autumn Season and Hunting Permits
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - Big Thicket is excited to announce the park’s fall schedule of ranger-led programs and volunteer events. And, beginning Sept. 1, hunters can pick up hunting permits for the fall/winter season.
August Siege Events at Fort Stanwix
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: On Saturday, Aug. 19, “Futile Thunder" returns to Fort Stanwix National Monument. Futile Thunder is partof the park’s ongoing program series commemorating the 246th anniversary of the British siege of the fort. A highlight of the program will be cannon firing demonstrations throughout the day. In addition...
Trails Center welcomes blacksmithing demos, frontier music this weekend
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Visit the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Aug. 19 and 20 for a weekend-full of exciting events, featuring frontier music and 19th century blacksmithing demonstrations.
Richmond Fire Station
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: From WWII Fire Protection to Today.
Byron Smith has been named the operations program manager for the Branch of Structural Fire
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: Byron Smith is the new operations program manager for the National Park Service (NPS) Branch of Structural Fire. This will be Byron’s first opportunity to serve with the National Park Service, formerly serving as the assistant chief for operations at Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia.
Wendover Air Base, Utah
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: In early September 1944, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Tibbets of the Army Air Forces, who probably knew more about the new B-29 bombers than any other pilot, was called to a closed military meeting. There he was put in charge of a secret project to prepare modified B-29s and their crews to be used delivering...
Ride your Horse on the Beach at the National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join fellow equestrians on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at Indiana Dunes National Park’s West Beach, for an extremely rare chance to ride on a beach of Lake Michigan. BYOH (Bring your own horse).
Mission Beach Roller Coaster
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: The Mission Beach Roller Coaster in San Diego, California was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and became a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The structure is significant as an example of a early 20th century wooden rollercoaster, as well as being one of the only remaining structures from the Mission Beach Amusement Center, one of businessman John D. Spreckels's major development projects in San Diego at the turn of the century.
Access Wayside: Beach and Beyond
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: Access Acadia: Inclusive Descriptions of Park Destinations.
NPS Approves Gunsight Lake Native Trout Preservation Project
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2023
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Aug. 14, 2023] - The National Park Service (NPS) has approved the Glacier National Park Westslope Cutthroat (WCT) and Bull Trout Preservation project at Gunsight Lake. On Aug. 11, 2023, the Regional Director for NPS Interior Regions 6, 7, and 8 signed a Finding of No Significant...