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Yellowstone announces lottery for 2023-2024 Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2023
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 1, people may apply to the 2023-2024 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park without a commercial guide. Authorized in 2013, the Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program allows permit-holders to enter the park for up to three days with a group of up to five snowmobilers.
Campfire Restrictions (Stage 2) Effective on Wild Portion of Lower Rogue River Beginning July 17
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2023
News Release: Joint News Release. Bureau of Land Management, Medford District. USDA Forest Service, Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest. Oregon Department of Forestry, Southwest Oregon District. SW Oregon - As the weather continues to trend towards warming and drying, officials with the Bureau of Land Management Medford...
President Biden Establishes Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument as America’s 425th National Park
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument became the country’s 425th national park today, on the 82nd anniversary of Till’s birth, as President Biden established the park through proclamation during a White House ceremony. The new national monument includes sites in the Mississippi Delta and Chicago that were central to Emmett Till’s lynching and funeral, the acquittal of his murderers and the subsequent activism by his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley.
BLM oil and gas lease sale in Nevada received no bids
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2023
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office today conducted a competitive oil and gas lease sale offering 4 parcels covering 4,720 acres in Nevada. The BLM received no bids for this lease sale. The next BLM oil and gas lease sale in Nevada is scheduled for Dec. 5.
Mammoth Cave National Park Initiates Land and Trail Management Planning
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2023
News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park seeks public review and comment on a Land and River Trails Management Plan through the Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) website from July 25 through Aug. 25, 2023. The new plan will help to ensure the long-term sustainability of park trails by providing strategic direction to guide trail maintenance, investment, and construction over the next few decades.
Nearly 1,000 participate in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park’s Kahuku Cultural Festival
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawai‘i - Locals, keiki, kūpuna and visitors all came to the Kahuku Unit of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park in Kaʻū on Saturday to listen to Hawaiian music, enjoy hula, try Hawaiian crafts and practices and learn about native plants and animals.
July 3, 1787: The Vital Compromise
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: "That in the second branch of the legislature, each state shall have an equal vote.".
Building at Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve destroyed by fire
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: Coupeville, WA. - A multipurpose building used as an office, small workshop and equipment storage shop at Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve in Coupeville, WA on Whidbey Island was destroyed in an afternoon fire on July 19. An individual sustained a minor facial injury during the fire.
Protecting native plants during your Zion National Park visit is as easy as 1, 2, 3
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: SPRINGDALE, Utah - Zion may be best known for its red rock, but some of its most unique residents are found on canyon floors and walls. Throughout the year, biologists collect seeds to help native plants. In a typical year, biologists collect about 500 pounds of seeds and then grow or spread them to give native plants an advantage throughout the park. We need your help to protect the plants that call Zion home.
First confirmed 2023 wildland fire in Yellowstone National Park
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: * On July 22, the first confirmed wildland fire of the season in Yellowstone National Park was detected by a visitor.
World Ranger Day Commemoration on July 31, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: POINT REYES STATION, Calif. - Point Reyes National Seashore is hosting an event on Monday, July 31, 2023, 10 am-11:30 am, to commemorate World Ranger Day. Each year, World Ranger Day is observed on July 31 to honor the daily work of rangers, and to remember those rangers killed or injured in the line of duty.
BLM issues Stage 1 fire restrictions in Goshen, Platte and Weston counties
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 fire restrictions will begin today, July 24, on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Goshen, Platte, and Weston counties. The BLM is working with the counties to coordinate restrictions.
Building Climate Resilience
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: Visitors make their pilgrimages to Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) year-round to appreciate the landscape’s alluring natural beauty and maritime culture, but there is no guarantee that such iconic views and sites are lasting. As with other conservation areas across the globe, climate change is proving...
Poultry and Peafowl at Bent's Old Fort
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: George Grinnell, whose information on Bent's Fort came primarily from George Bent and the memories of other Southern Cheyennes, once wrote that several peacocks were at the fort, and that their ". plummage and harsh voices astonished and more or less alarmed the Indians, who called them thunder birds, nun-um'a-e-vi-kis.".
Whale Waters Update for Glacier Bay Effective July 25th, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Tom Schaff announced today that the July 20th temporary whale waters area within 1 nm of shore between Point Carolus and Lars Island is being replaced with a 13-knot vessel speed limit for all vessels in the Lower Bay...
BLM seeks public comment on proposed temporary closure of public lands in the Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: BARSTOW, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is proposing a five-day temporary closure of public lands for the proposed California 300 off-road race at Stoddard Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area in San Bernardino County. The proposed closure would facilitate public safety, protect resources and provide an enhanced recreational experience for race participants and spectators.
Vale Bureau of Land Management enacting fire restrictions district-wide
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: VALE, Ore. - Recent dry lightning, rising temperatures and rapidly drying vegetation are increasing the risk of wildfires on public lands managed by the Vale District Bureau of Land Management, officials said.
Cattle and Oxen at Bent's Old Fort
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2023
News Release: Oxen were a common sight along the Santa Fe Trail. The depiction of these beasts trudging across the plains is synonymous with western life and our transcontinental legacy. The merits and shortcomings of oxen have been long belabored; invariably, they are compared against mules. Thomas Forsythe, writing...
50 Nifty Finds #31: Going in Circles
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2023
News Release: One of the highlights of the National Park Service (NPS) History Collection is a leather hatband that belonged to Horace M. Albright, former NPS assistant director and director, and Yellowstone National Park superintendent. There was never any doubt that it would be the subject of a 50 Nifty Finds article.
Camp Smokey 2023 at the California State Fair, Sacramento
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2023
News Release: The 2023 California State Fair in Sacramento opened on Friday July 14th. Every year through a coordinated interagency collaboration the U.S. Forest Service, CAL FIRE, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Firefighters Burn Institute brings visitors of all ages a fun, educational and interactive fire safety and prevention exhibit called Camp Smokey.