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Night Operations Help Increase Containment on Sandy Fire
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: OCHOPEE, FL - As fire managers continue to contend with dry conditions, crews are taking advantage of the favorable nighttime weather conditions to conduct suppression burn out operations on the Sandy Wildfire.
UPDATE: BLM releases public meeting information information for proposed Public Lands Rule
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management has updated its schedule for five public meetings that will provide forums across the country for the public to learn more about the proposed Public Lands Rule and have questions answered.
Podcast 065: HOPE comes to African House
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: African House at Melrose Plantation. Jason Church: In our last podcast, we spoke with Monica Rhodes about the HOPE Program. Today, we are here at Melrose Plantation where the HOPE Crew is finishing work on the African House. Molly, can you tell us a little bit about Melrose?. Molly Dickerson: Absolutely...
Confluence of the Columbia and Walla Walla Rivers
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Lewis and Clark NHT Visitor Centers and Museums.
A Century of Sacrifice: Special Memorial Day Weekend Ranger Program
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: GETTYSBURG, PA - For more than one hundred years, fallen United States servicemembers were buried with honor at Gettysburg National Cemetery. This Memorial Day weekend, lesser-known stories of those interred within this hallowed ground will be explored. Join park rangers from Gettysburg National Military...
BLM to host virtual meeting on use of additional herbicide active ingredients for vegetation treatments on public lands
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management will host a virtual public meeting to gather input on the BLM’s analysis of a proposal to use seven additional herbicide active ingredients to control noxious weeds and invasive species on public lands.
Confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Lewis and Clark NHT Visitor Centers and Museums.
Rock Fort Campsite, Oregon
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Lewis and Clark NHT Visitor Centers and Museums.
50 Nifty Finds #24: Fire Away!
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: In the 1930s the National Park Service (NPS) fire suppression policy received a boost from Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) funding. CCC enrollees built roads, fire breaks, fire trails, lookouts, telephone lines, and guard cabins in national parks across the country. Even as this infrastructure was...
National Park Service selects Frank Lands as Deputy Director for Operations
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - National Park Service Director Chuck Sams has selected Frank Lands to serve as the next NPS Deputy Director for Operations. Lands is currently the NPS’s pacific west regional director. He will assume his new role on June 5, succeeding Deputy Director Shawn Benge who is retiring at the end of May.
Brown v. Board of Education Community Concert Event
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: On May 17, Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park will host a free outdoor concert to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in public education. This free educational event will be held at the entrance to Brown v. Board of Education National...
Grand Canyon Speaks
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Join us in our pilot program, Grand Canyon Speaks. This is a special, guest speaker series to include sunset programs and cultural presentations to provide opportunities for tribal members of Grand Canyon’s 11 associated tribes to share their rich history and culture through singing, storytelling, presentations, and hands-on learning.
BLM Idaho 2023 Fire Prevention Order
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: Statewide, Idaho - Another fire season is approaching and BLM Idaho is asking for your help to prevent human-caused fires. BLM Idaho State Director, Karen Kelleher, signed the 2023 Fire Prevention Order, which prohibits specific fire-related activities on public land from May 10th to Oct. 20th. The Fire...
Historic Preservation Award Presented to Keweenaw National Historical Park and Partners
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: CALUMET, MI - On Thursday, May 4, Keweenaw National Historical Park, Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance, Village of Calumet, Calumet Downtown Development Authority, Main Street Calumet, Houghton County Land Bank Authority, and Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission received a Governor’s...
Outside Science (inside parks): Keeping an Eye on Birds in Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: The Outside Science (inside parks) series shares stories of crucial, creative science. Each episode, produced in collaboration with Colorado State University, highlights the many ways young people are getting involved in science in parks. Part citizen science, part education, these videos cover topics...
Motorcyclist killed in accident on CA-190
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, Calif. - A 73-year-old man from Las Vegas, NV died in a motorcycle crash in Death Valley National Park around 10:50 am on May 6, 2023. The incident occurred in a curvy section of Highway 190 between Panamint Springs Resort and Father Crowley Point. The man lost control of his motorcycle, slid into the other lane, and struck the front of an oncoming vehicle.
Feral Hog Management to Occur During Fireflies Closure
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: HOPKINS, SC - Staff from Congaree National Park, alongside staff from USDA APHIS, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park and Cumberland Gap NHP, will be conducting feral hog management work in the park over the next two weeks. This work will occur during the resource management closure already in place during the active period of the synchronized fireflies from May 7-27, 2023.
Search Scaled Back for Two Climbers on the Moose's Tooth
By Interior Newswire Report | May 11, 2023
The active search for two climbers in Denali National Park and Preserve will scale back on Thursday, May 11, six days after the two men were last heard from before starting a climb of the 10,300-foot peak known as the Moose’s Tooth.
Gardening at National Park’s Chellberg Farm
By Interior Newswire Report | May 11, 2023
Please join staff and fellow gardening enthusiasts on Sunday, May 14, 21 and 28 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, to help the Chellberg Farm Garden get off to a great start.
Derek Padilla sworn in as the BLM Tres Rios Field Manager
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2023
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Derek Padilla was sworn in today as the field manager for the Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office. Padilla will oversee the management of more than 600,000 acres of public land and over two million acres of federal mineral estate within BLM Colorado’s Southwest District...