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News Release: The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom added the House Divided Project at Dickinson College to the Network in 2023. The House Divided Project at Dickinson College was founded in 2005, focusing on slavery and the Underground Railroad in the 19th century. Using 21st...

New York: Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum

News Release: The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom added the Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum to the Network in 2023. The Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum is listed in the Network to Freedom as a facility that includes an archive of...

Frenchman Coulee Recreation Area

News Release: Frenchman Coulee is an erosional feature left behind by the great Ice Age Floods, a spectacular dual coulee and recessional-cataract complex in the western Quincy Basin.

Georgia: Frederica (Fort Frederica National Monument)

News Release: The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom accepted Frederica (Fort Frederica National Monument) as one of 9 new listings from the 45th round of applications in 2023. Located on St. Simons Island, Georgia, it is a unit of the National Park Service and was the setting...

BLM offers two wild horse fertility control trials

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Land Management is authorizing two studies of promising new fertility control vaccines that could potentially help address the overpopulation of wild horses on public lands by slowing their annual growth rates. The research projects, which will take place at a corral facility in Carson City, Nevada, are part of the BLM’s broader efforts to manage healthy wild horses on healthy public lands.

BLM approves construction of TransWest Express transmission project

News Release: In a significant milestone in the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to modernize America’s power infrastructure in the West and achieve a fully carbon-free electric grid by 2035, the Bureau of Land Management has issued a notice to proceed for construction of the 732-mile TransWest Express Project...

Ice Age National Scenic Trail Seeks Public Comment on Rock County Corridor Plan

News Release: CROSS PLAINS, Wis., - The National Park Service (NPS), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and Ice Age Trail Alliance are seeking input on a proposed plan for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (Ice Age NST) corridor in Rock County, Wisconsin. The Preferred Alternative would establish a defined...

Junior Ranger Careers Day 2023

News Release: 227 visitors explored the many career options within the National Park Service on Saturday, April 8th at Scotts Bluff National Monument. Junior Ranger Career Day was co-hosted with Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, the panhandle’s other National Park site, 45 minutes north of Scottsbluff.

James Aubrey Stewart

News Release: James Aubrey Stewart was born on September 6, 1906, to James H. and Emma B. Stewart in Piedmont, West Virginia. He was the youngest of six children. His family called him by his middle name due to sharing a first name with his father. After graduating from high school, he went to work alongside his father...

BLM Wenatchee Field Office plans prescribed burn project near Entiat

News Release: Entiat, WA - Bureau of Land Management officials plan to conduct a prescribed burn on approximately 12 acres of land west of Entiat, WA in Chelan County sometime between April 10 and April 24, 2023, depending upon weather conditions. BLM fire management specialists are working cooperatively with the...

BLM Rio Puerco Field Office conducts Mesa Chivato prescribed fire

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - As weather conditions allow, beginning April 10 through the month of April, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct the Mesa Chivato prescribed fire.

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Hosts First "Mission Descendant Gathering"

News Release: SAN ANTONIO -In the late afternoon of April 5, 2023 park managers and division leads gathered inside a neighborhood VFW post to welcome the individuals and families of mission descendants. Park divisions such as the office of the Superintendent, administration, facilities, maintenance, visitor and resource...

Turkey Run Park will close to vehicles starting April 10

News Release: McLean, Va.- On Monday, April 10, the National Park Service (NPS) will close the Turkey Run Loop Road and parking lots so that construction workers can repair and repave road surfaces. The NPS expects these closures to be in place through October 2023.

Cypress Camp Trail Fire Winds Down

News Release: OCHOPEE, FL - Fire behavior on the Cypress Camp Trail Fire in Big Cypress National Preserve continues to decrease due to suppression efforts and high humidity. Due to the decrease in complexity, beginning tomorrow the fire will be managed by a local Type 4 Incident Management Team.

Mesa Top Loop Road Temporarily Closed for Road Construction Completion

News Release: Mesa Verde, CO - The Mesa Top Loop Road within Mesa Verde National Park will be temporarily closed beginning April 10 and is expected to reopen before Memorial Day weekend. The Mesa Top Loop Road is a 6-mile drive with a series of short trails to excavated ancestral sites located on Chapin Mesa within...

Birding Walks offered at the National Park

News Release: Greet the morning with a ranger-led Birding program and immerse yourself in Indiana Dunes National Park on Thursday, April 13, 20, and 27 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Observe the vast array of bird and plant life that the park has to offer. Meet inside the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center and carpool to the chosen hike location for the day. The location will be based on which area is the most vibrant at the time.

Bureau of Land Management releases Final Environmental Assessment and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment for Logandale Trails

News Release: LAS VEGAS -The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office has released the final Environmental Assessment for the proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact for Logandale Trails. As part of this planning effort, the BLM Las Vegas Field Office has also...

Enjoy the View Like Paul Burger

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Great American Outdoors Act funds $27 million in repairs at Minute Man National Historical Park

News Release: CONCORD, Mass. - Minute Man National Historical Park received approximately $27.4 million in project funds from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to address deferred maintenance and repair needs for the park’s buildings, structures, landscape, trails, signage, and monuments in order to improve the...

Big South Fork NRRA to Welcome New United States Citizens during 2018 National Park Week