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BLM seeks to resolve residential encroachment through sale of small parcel of public land
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: Montrose, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Uncompahgre Field Office plans to sell a small parcel of public land to resolve a long-standing residential encroachment. The parcel is managed by the Uncompahgre Field Office within the planning area for the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area (NCA), although not within the NCA itself.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $44 Million to Restore and Strengthen Climate Resilience Across America’s National Parks as Part of Investing in America Agenda
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of the Interior announced over $44 million from the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America agenda to meet critical ecosystem resilience, restoration and environmental planning needs for the National Park Service in fiscal year 2023. These investments from...
Sunrise reservations for Haleakalā National Park canceled for August 9, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: Kula, HI- Haleakalā National Park’s Summit District remains closed to visitors due to blocked road access as well as power outages resulting from wildfires and high winds. All sunrise reservations for August 9, 2023 are canceled.
Switchback and Sunrise Ridge Trails Reopen at Olympic National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: Port Angeles, WA - The park announces that the Switchback and Sunrise Ridge Trails have reopened after a cougar attacked a child. The Lake Angeles/Heather Park Loop remains closed. See the attached map. Clallam County Transit will be resuming their stops at the Switchback Trailhead.
Inflation Reduction Act to invest $2.9 million to save native Hawaiian forest birds at Haleakalā National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: KULA, Maui - Haleakalā National Park is working to prevent the extinction of native Hawaiian forest birds with $2.9 million from the Inflation Reduction Act. The “Prevent the Extinction of Hawaiian Forest Birds" project is part of a nationwide effort to restore natural habitats and address climate change...
BLM announces ambitious approach to reduce wildfire risk in California, NW Nevada
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is taking an ambitious and coordinated approach to accelerate fuels reduction projects on public lands with high wildfire risk throughout California and northwest Nevada. Today’s signing of the Statewide Wildland-Urban Interface Fuels Treatment Programmatic Environmental Assessment will streamline plans to protect communities, reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health.
Hurricane Ridge Road to be closed August 15-17 for debris removal
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: Port Angeles, WA- Hurricane Ridge Road will be closed to visitors, including cyclists, from August 15-17 to help facilitate the removal of debris from the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge burn site. This debris removal is necessary to allow for the investigation into the fire to continue.
Inflation Reduction Act to invest $8 million for restoration and resilience in Redwood National and State Parks
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: CRESCENT CITY, Calif. - Redwood National and State Parks will implement a project to restore the iconic redwood forest this year with $8 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This project is part of a nationwide effort to restore natural habitats and address climate change impacts. In 2023...
BLM seeks comments on proposed GridLiance West Core Upgrades Transmission Line Project
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day scoping period to gather public comments on the proposed GridLiance West Core Upgrades Transmission Line Project to upgrade the existing 155-mile single-circuit 230 kV transmission system in Clark and Nye counties to a double-circuit system of 230 kV or 500 kV. The BLM will hold two virtual public meetings to discuss the project on Aug. 29 and 30, 2023, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific time.
Paradise Historic Tour: 10th Mountain Division Memorial
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: In Honor of Those Who Served in the 10th Mountain Division.
Drowning at Spring Canyon in Lake Meredith NRA
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: Fritch,TX- A 34-year-old Cactus resident died Sunday, August 6, 2023 at Spring Canyon within Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.Hamsim Mutabasi drowned in the swimming area of Spring Canyon, which is located on the downstream side of Sanford Dam at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area. Hamsim was...
Join Family Day Aboard Ranger III, Thursday, August 17, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: HOUGHTON, Mich. - On Aug. 17, 2023, join Isle Royale National Park and the Isle Royale & Keweenaw Parks Association for Ranger III Family Day. Families with children 15 or younger may reserve space aboard one of two free, 45-minute scheduled waterway cruises. Ranger III will travel into Portage Lake and back during the trip.
Manhattan Project Scientists: David Hill
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: Among the many talented physicists involved in the Manhattan Project, David Hill (1919-2008) was one who became better known to the world after the war. He graduated from CalTech in 1942, in time to go to Chicago and work with Fermi and the others on Chicago Pile 1, the first human-caused self-sustaining...
Inflation Reduction Act to invest $446,000 in forest restoration at Catoctin Mountain Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: THURMONT, Md.- Catoctin Mountain Park will plant more than 5,000 native trees and protect endangered species with $446,000 from the Inflation Reduction Act. This forest restoration work is part of a nationwide effort to restore natural habitats and address climate change impacts. In fiscal year 2023...
Increase in Non-native Vegetation at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Impacts the Local Ecosystem
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is a desert oasis with threatened and endangered bird species hanging gardens, and rare orchid species, some of which can only be found in Glen Canyon. According to Taryn Preston, Natural Resource Program Manager, the park’s recreational opportunities and rich cultural...
Manhattan Project National Historical Park to host Lights for Peace in observance of atomic bombings of Japan
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2023
News Release: Richland, W.A. - Manhattan Project National Historical Park will observe the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan in the waning days of World War II in 1945 with a one-hour Lights for Peace program on August 9 starting at 8:00 pm PDT at the Fingernail Stage in Howard Amon Park in Richland.
Natchez Trace Parkway Seeking the public's assistance
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2023
News Release: The Natchez Trace Parkway Rangers are asking for the public’s help in locating and identifying a driver involved in a Hit-and-Run collision.
Judy Heumann
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2023
News Release: Judith “Judy" Heumann (pronounced Human) was a lifelong disability rights activist. Heumann is most well known for her leadership role with the 1977 sit in at 50 UN Plaza in San Francisco that resulted in the signing of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. She worked in government and founded four different non-profits. Judy has been called the mother of the disability rights movement.
Road Delays and Temporary Pinon Flats Campground Closure
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2023
News Release: Starting August 7, multiple areas within the park will be undergoing road maintenance. From August 7 through 10, visitors should expect minor delays (up to 15 minutes) on main park roadways to complete chip sealing. Flaggers will be present to direct traffic. Starting August 8, the campground roads and...
Bureau of Land Management opens nominations for funding from the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Today, the Bureau of Land Management is opening the nomination period for Round 20 project proposals to be funded under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act. The nomination period closes Nov. 5, 2023.