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Bureau of Land Management New Mexico issues notice for oil and gas lease sale
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - Today the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office issued two final environmental assessments and the sale notice for the May 2023 competitive oil and gas lease sale.
Artifact Spotlight: B29 Superfortress Oxygen Tank
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: El Malpais National Monument has dark features both on the ground and far above. Why not take an evening to look up at rivers of stars after a day of looking down at cooled rivers of lava? Or perhaps trade in the urban light of Albuquerque or Santa Fe for a softer, more ancient kind of light?
Travel Blog: The Oregon Trail
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Old Spanish Trail Heritage Loop, Elmo, Emery County, Utah. 39.17902 N, 110.48517 W. Significance: The Old Spanish Trail Heritage Loop is rich with history pertaining to the Old Spanish Trail and southeastern Utah. MANAGED BY: Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office. Amenities...
National Park Services Donates Venison to Food Bank concluding the Deer Management Effort in February 2023
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Carbon River Rainforest Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Title: Usual Forecast: Rainy Conditions. Main Text. The Carbon River Valley provides the right conditions for a temperate rainforest. Surrounded by mountains high enough to trap rainfall...
Fort Pulaski’s Phone Number is Now 912-219-4233
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: After victory at Cowpens, American commander General Daniel Morgan marched his army off this field to the north and crossed the Broad River. In North Carolina, Morgan dismissed the militia.
Bandelier National Monument Opening at 12 Noon Due to Recent Snowfall
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Carbon River Rainforest Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Title: Rainforest Loop Trail. Main Text. Explore a rare inland temperate rainforest along this 1/4-mile Rainforest Loop Trail, a result of abundant rainfall and mild temperatures found...
Enjoy the View Like Jalyn Cummings
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: A decisive American victory fought in less than one hour.
BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Swanzey, New Hampshire
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event April 21-22, 2023, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Cheshire Fairgrounds, 247 Monadnock HWY, Swanzey, New Hampshire.
Enjoy the View Like Mark Meyer
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: From the earliest days of settlement through the 1800s, log cabins such as this one provided homes for yeoman (rural middleclass) farmers in the South Carolina backcountry. Typically built with the help of neighbors as a one-bedroom structure, owners added onto their homes as their families grew.
Forest Regeneration 2022
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 34° 44’ 17.8"; -107° 58’ 41.1". Significance: Stop 4 of 9. Lava Fall. Most lava is liquid during a Hawaiian-style volcanic eruption. Since liquid follows the path of least resistance--which is typically downhill--you are standing slightly downhill from McCartys Crater. Like any...
BLM seeks public input on consideration of e-bikes within Campbell Tract
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing an environmental assessment for Campbell Tract, a 730-acre Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) in Anchorage, to consider amending the Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan allowing consideration of electric bikes (e-bikes) on existing trails within the SRMA.
BLM Burns District Announces Recreation Fee Changes Beginning April 1
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: HINES, Ore. - After decades of maintaining the same price, the Bureau of Land Management will increase overnight camping fees at six campgrounds in eastern Oregon.
Reclamation announces funding opportunity for Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is making up to $11.75 million available for emerging snow monitoring technologies. Each selected project is eligible to receive between $300,000 - $999,999.
Upper Colorado River Pumphouse and Radium campgrounds reservations available online
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management will implement an online reservation system for overnight camping for the Pumphouse and Radium campgrounds in the Upper Colorado River Recreation Area on April 3, 2023. The recreation.gov online reservation system will help manage the increased popularity of the area and ensure campsite availability prior to arrival.
BLM approves Whitewater River Groundwater Replenishment Facility Project
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has approved a right-of-way grant for continued operation of the existing Whitewater River Groundwater Replenishment Facility in Riverside County. The facility could recharge up to 511,000 acre-feet of water annually from the Colorado River and provide drinking water to 300,000 people in the Coachella Valley.
Bureau of Land Management announces upcoming meeting of Southern New Mexico Resource Advisory Council
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Southern New Mexico Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will host a meeting on March 29, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend and comment at the meeting. Both in-person and virtual participation options will be available.
Reclamation announces fluctuation of Wind River flow downstream of Boysen Dam
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in collaboration with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGF), has scheduled a flushing flow in the Wind River downstream of Boysen Dam, according to Wyoming Area Manager, Lyle Myler.
Reclamation issues snowmelt forecast for Bighorn River Basin
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Reclamation's March forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows...
BLM seeks public comment for the Wabuska Geothermal Exploration Project
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Stillwater Field Office is initiating a 30-day scoping public comment period seeking input regarding a proposed geothermal power plant. The power plant would be located on public lands managed by the BLM in Lyon County, Nevada approximately 12 miles north of Yerington, and east of Highway 95A.
BLM To Host Wild Horse and Burro Event in Liberty, Kentucky
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: FLOWOOD, Miss. - The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from western rangelands, on March 23-25, 2023, at the Central Kentucky AG Expo, 678 S. Wallace Wilkinson Blvd, Liberty, KY 42539. “The BLM has placed more...