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NPS No. 107

News Release: Scranton, PA - Celebrate the 107th birthday of the National Park Service with Steamtown National Historic Site on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In addition to free admission, there will be no cost to ride Steamtown's short train rides.


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Elizabeth Arden Building

News Release: The Elizabeth Arden Building in Washington, D.C., was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The building is significant for its Georgian Revival architecture and as an example of a unique coordinated effort by developers, architects, and merchants to transform Connecticut Avenue into an exclusive shopping area deliberately modeled after Fifth Avenue in New York City.


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Lakeland Civic Band to play this Sunday

News Release: James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor is pleased to announce that the Lakeland Civic Band of Lakeland Community College will play a free outdoor concert on the grounds behind President Garfield’s home at 2 p.m. this Sunday, July 30. This will be the Garfield site’s second of four outdoor concerts this summer. The public is invited to come enjoy live music as the Garfield family might have: outside under large, beautiful trees.


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BLM schedules wild horse and burro event in Girard, Kan.

News Release: NORMAN, Okla.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a two-day wild horse and burro event August 18-19 at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in Girard, Kan.


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Trails Center hosts living history event this weekend

News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Experience life as a pioneer this weekend at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center with old fashioned pioneer games, music, and more.


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Bandelier National Monument Enters Stage II Fire Restrictions on July 27, 2023

News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Due to the increased risk of wildfire in the region, Bandelier National Monument will enter Stage II fire restrictions on Thursday, July 27 at 8:00 AM. These restrictions are necessary to help land management agencies reduce fire risk and prevent wildfires.


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Oldfarm: Station Eleven

News Release: Station Eleven of the Oldfarm Video Tour.


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Aquatic Community Monitoring at Effigy Mounds National Monument

News Release: Aquatic Communities. Effigy Mounds National Monument (NM) was established in 1949 to protect more than 200 sacred mounds and effigies-piles of earth in the shapes of animals and water spirits that were built by American Indians. Located at the confluence of the Yellow River and Mississippi River, the...


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Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ

News Release: Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ on Chicago’s South Side was the location of Emmett Till’s funeral in September 1955. It is still an active church today. Public access is limited to the exterior of the building. Please respect the private property of the church. Visitor information is located at Pullman National Historical Park 11 miles to the south. Get directions to the site.


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Oldfarm: Station Five

News Release: Station Five of the Oldfarm Video Tour.


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Hike Mount Rose

News Release: Hike to the top of Mount Rose for a spectacular view of Grand Portage Bay and beyond - on a clear day, Isle Royale is visible! From a protective stone wall, get a bird's eye view of the depot or look west to the gap in the land where the voyageurs transported goods along Gichi Onigaming, the Grand Portage Trail. Learn about the ancient geology that created the rugged beauty of the North Shore landscape.


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Wild Goose Island Overlook

News Release: The view of Saint Mary Lake at Wild Goose Island Overlook is perhaps one of the most recognizable scenes in all of Glacier.


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Oldfarm: Station Nine

News Release: Station Nine of the Oldfarm Video Tour.


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Mike Schell named training program manager for the NPS Branch of Structural Fire

News Release: Michael “Mike" Schell is the new training program manager for the National Park Service (NPS) Branch of Structural Fire. Mike previously served as the operations program manager, leading the NPS service-wide structural fire protection and suppression program. “I am looking forward to assuming the position...


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Oldfarm: Station Two

News Release: Station Two of the Oldfarm Video Tour.


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BLM seeks public comment on proposal for exploratory drilling west of Moab

News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day comment period for an updated A1 Lithium Incorporated Mineral Exploration Project Environmental Assessment, which analyzes a proposal to re-enter two plugged and abandoned wellbores and assess potentially valuable lithium and associated mineral salt deposits on federal lands approximately eight miles west of Moab in Grand County.


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Crab Creek - Rocky Ford Area

News Release: The 3-acre Crab Creek primitive recreation site provides two joined 16’ x 16’ horse corrals, two stock watering troughs fed by a perennial stream, and open ground suitable for tent and/or RV camping. The site is popular especially with anglers, hunters, hikers, and horseback riders. It serves as the primary access point to the surrounding BLM Crab Creek/Rocky Ford area, including 9 miles of both sides of Crab Creek.


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Apgar Visitor Center

News Release: Located just inside the west entrance, the Apgar Visitor Center is open daily throughout the summer.


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Oldfarm: Station Seven

News Release: Station Seven of the Oldfarm Video Tour. There is no marker at this station.


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Crater Lake National Park Implements Fire Ban for 2023

News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - With the increase in fire danger in southern Oregon, Crater Lake National Park will go into a full fire ban. The outlook is for above normal significant wildland fire potential for the next several months.