News from 2023
Cape Hatteras National Seashore prepares for severe weather impacts
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is closely monitoring the projected path of Hurricane Idalia. As of this afternoon, regional forecasts show that strong winds, heavy rainfall and other negative impacts are likely to begin as early as late Wednesday, Aug. 30 and possibly continue...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 14
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Reflections. As we come to the close of the tour, we invite you to stop and use your senses. Take a deep breath. You are inhaling some of the cleanest air in California, even the world! The lichen growing in the canopies above you are environmental indicators of your air quality. Listen. You might...
BLM seeks public comment for oil and gas lease sale in Nevada
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office yesterday opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 13 oil and gas parcels totaling 17,495 acres that may be included in an upcoming March 2024 lease sale in Nevada. The comment period ends Sept. 27, 2023.
Bureau of Land Management to gather wild horses in the Owyhee Front
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: BOISE, Idaho. - In an effort to maintain the appropriate number of wild horses in the Black Mountain, Hardtrigger and Sands Basin Herd Management Areas in Owyhee County, the Bureau of Land Management Owyhee Field Office plans to conduct a wild horse gather beginning Sept. 6, 2023. Wild horses will be gathered using the helicopter-assisted method.
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 12
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: The Biodiversity You Do Not See.
Podcast 136: Preserving and Sharing the Story of Women's Suffrage
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: A Partnership between NPS and the National Women’s Party.
My Park Story: Ketona and Hershal
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Ketona Reed. Why did you sign up for the LeChee Summer Youth Program at Glen Canyon?. I signed up for the program because I was in it last year; I decided to do so again. Reason being that the locations we would hike, drive and/or meet new people would always be so amazing. Including the amazing staff...
Canaveral National Seashore Prepares for Hurricane Idalia
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Canaveral National Seashore will close the park and beaches within the boundary beginning Wednesday, August 30th, in preparation for hurricane Idalia. With the safety of employees and visitors being NPS’ top priority, this includes Apollo Beach, Playalinda Beach, and Seminole Rest. Please observe all...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 3
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Disturbance. Fire is an important element in healthy forest ecologies. Fire makes space for plants to grow and returns vital nutrients to the soil. Most of the larger and older trees in this forest can resist serious fire damage due to thick layers of bark. Many of the younger trees, huckleberries and...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 11
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Floods. The habitat you are exploring here along the creek lies upon a sedimentary mix called alluvium. Composed of sand, silt and clay, this well-aerated mix of soils, combined with high moisture levels and low wind exposure, makes this area an ideal environment for redwood growth. At different times...
Nutrition on the Home Front in World War II
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Introduction. The science of nutrition that we take for granted today was in its infancy when World War II began. Before the 1930s, scientists knew that protein, energy, and minerals made up a nutritious diet. They also knew that some other things contributed, but they did not know what they were. During...
Reclamation Cautions Public as it Plans Annual Lowering of Guernsey Reservoir
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: MILLS, Wyo.- The Bureau of Reclamation will be lowering the water level at Guernsey Reservoir as the irrigation season draws to a close. Reclamation lowers Guernsey Reservoir at the end of each irrigation season as irrigation deliveries are discontinued.
Timucuan Preserve to Close Ahead of Hurricane Idalia
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve will be closed as of 5:00 p.m., Monday, August 28 with the approach of Hurricane Idalia. The projected forecast and potential for flooding, extreme high tides, and unsafe road conditions will likely create hazards throughout the park. “Potential...
Call for 2024 Community Artist in the Parks Applications
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: MOAB, UT-The Southeast Utah Group of parks will begin accepting applications for the 2024 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP) program on Sept. 1, 2023.
Congaree National Park Closing Ahead of Hurricane Idalia
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: HOPKINS, SC -Staff at Congaree National Park are currently preparing for the expected impacts of Hurricane Idalia. Currently located in the Gulf of Mexico north of Cuba, the current forecast is calling for the storm to strengthen into a major Category 3 hurricane before making landfall along the Florida Gulf Coast. The storm is forecast to travel through coastal Georgia before reaching South Carolina in the early morning hours of August 31.
National Park Service seeks public comment on the Joint General Mangement Plan and Environmental Assessment for Pullman National Historical Park and State Historic Site.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: CHICAGO, IL - On Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, the National Park Service (NPS) asks for input on the Joint General Management Plan (JGMP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Pullman National Historical Park and Pullman State Historic Site. Pullman National Monument was established in 2015 through...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 8
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: The Life and Death of a Redwood.
Moores Creek National Battlefield To Close in Advance of Hurricane Idalia
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2023
News Release: Due to incoming Hurricane Idalia, which is projected to make landfall in the general vicinity in the coming days as a tropical storm, and with the projection for several inches of rain that could cause flooding on the rural roads surrounding the park, Moores Creek National Battlefield will be closed...
July 9, 1787: Power and Representation
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2023
News Release: "Has a man in Virginia a number of votes in proportion to the number of his slaves? and if negroes are not represented in the States to which they belong, why should they be represented in the General Government. What is the true principle of representation?".
Passenger ferry service concessioner selected for Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2023
News Release: Liberty and Ellis Islands, N.Y./N.J. - The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Statue City Cruises to provide passenger ferry service from the Battery, New York City and Liberty State Park, Jersey City to Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island. Statue City Cruises has held the current concession contract since 2008. The new contract has a ten-year term and will begin on March 1, 2024.