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Whale Waters Update for Glacier Bay Effective July 11, 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent Tom Schaff announced today that the 13-knot vessel speed limit is being lifted near Russell Island and near Tlingit Point. New temporary whale waters are being implemented around Sandy Cove and Garforth Island to reflect...
BLM, county and city continue tradition of safe fireworks location
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - Rainy weather didn’t curb Independence Day celebrations around the Bighorn Basin, including the tradition of fireworks at the gravel pit northwest of Worland. Each year for the past 15 years or so, Washakie County, the City of Worland and the Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office have partnered to provide a safe place for people to use fireworks without the risk of starting wildfires.
Alice North Lincoln
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: Born in Philadelphia on Nov. 13, 1853, Alice North Towne Lincoln came from a prosperous family with ties to the Boston area. Lincoln moved to Boston to attend the School for Social Workers to follow her interests in social welfare.
Man cited for illegally landing helicopter on west shore of Jackson Lake inside Grand Teton National Park
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: MOOSE, WY - On Saturday, June 24, at approximately 3 p.m. Grand Teton National Park law enforcement rangers received a report that a helicopter had illegally landed at Moran Bay on the west shore of Jackson Lake, inside Grand Teton National Park. Rangers responded by boat across Jackson Lake and found the helicopter and pilot Peter Smith, of Gunnison, Colorado, and a companion picnicking along the lake.
BLM plans temporary closure of Camel Tracks area
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Taos Field Office has issued a two-week temporary closure order for parts of La Bajada Mesa within Santa Fe County, in the area commonly referred to as Camel Tracks. This two-week temporary order is in effect July 17-July 31, 2023, and applies to approximately 1,280 acres of public lands.
The Natural Landscape of the White Haven Estate
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: The land at White Haven and the people who lived on it are part of a give and take process that has continued for hundreds of years. Changes to the land included tree removal, crop cultivation, livestock management, and the consumption of natural resources. These environmental practices have shaped the...
BLM infuses $3.5 million for cutting-edge clean energy use on public lands
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Bureau of Land Management announced a $3.5 million partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), to advance renewable energy research and new technologies on public lands. Using funding provided as part of the President’s Investing...
Research Brief: Tracking the spread of the Southern Pine Beetle
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: Many mountains in Acadia National Park, including Cadillac and Dorr mountains, are covered in forests of pitch pine. These trees, growing at the northernmost edge of the pitch pine’s range in unique association with other plants and animals, are vulnerable to a recently spreading pest, the southern pine beetle.
National Park Service Seeks Public Input on Future Road and Bridge Paving and Rehabilitation Projects on the Natchez Trace Parkway
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: TUPELO, Miss.- The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public feedback on a proposed framework for addressing future road and bridge paving and rehabilitation projects on the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway). Rehabilitation includes the Parkway motor road, access roads, interpretive pull-outs, parking...
2023 Total Fire Restrictions in Effect
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: Due to extreme conditions, all fires at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are prohibited effective 12:01 am, Friday, July 14, 2023, until further notice. No open flames are permitted. This includes, but is not limited to, all fires in NPS provided fire rings and boxes, shoreline fires, charcoal fires, tiki torches, incense burners, candles, pellet smokers, and propane campfires.
Extreme Trees - How do you manage the future forest?
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: By Catherine Devine. Stretching from Maine through New York, the Northern Forest is home to 2.3 million people, and its vast natural resources have a marked environmental and economic impact. Historically, Maine’s forests have had an abundance of natural regeneration - the process by which older trees...
My Park Story: Mike Twardy
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: My road to the National Park Service- Park Guide Michael Twardy.
Use Care On Streams and Rivers During High-Water Event on the Kennicott River
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Early morning on July 10th, the Kennicott River reached very high levels and volume, according to a U.S. Geologic Survey gauge at the Kennicott River bridge. A brief advisory by the National Weather Service was released to recommend that residents and recreationalists in the area...
Racoon Island
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: Racoon Island sits just off Hough’s Neck in the Hingham Bay. The island is about eight miles away from Downtown Boston and only has about four upland acres. Like other islands in the harbor, local indigenous people likely used the island seasonally for thousands of years before colonization.
Voyageurs National Park Announces Boat Launch Ramp Replacement at the Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center in 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Later this summer, the National Park Service will be replacing the Kabetogama Lake Boat Launch Ramp. The original boat launch ramp was built in the 1980s and is in a deteriorated condition. The new launch ramp will replace the current footprint of forty-feet wide, sixteen-foot...
Celebrating Latino Conservation Week
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Friends of the Inyo, Death Valley National Park, the Bureau of Land Management, and other conservation organizations will kick off the Latino Conservation Week celebration with an event on July 15 in Bishop, CA. “Naturaleza, Conectividad y Crédito" (“Nature, Connectivity and Credit") is a free, bilingual event to share the best ways to access and enjoy public lands.
Fatality on Blitzen Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: On Sunday, July 9, 2023, a 26-year-old female from Boulder, Colorado died after an approximate 500-foot-fall while free-solo climbing on the Four Aces of Blitzen Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park. Blitzen Ridge is located on Ypsilon Mountain on the east side of the park.
The Continuing Debate over the Meaning of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: On June 29, 2023, the US Supreme Court decided the cases Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, et al. In the majority and dissenting opinions, several justices continued the debate over the...
Monitoring Sea Level Rise
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2023
News Release: What do the highest tides of the year tell us about future sea levels, storms, and vulnerability of coastal locations?
Long Island Light
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2023
News Release: $11,500 dollars for the lighthouse, and the Boston Marine Society picked the location on the north end of the island.1 First lit in 1819, the light, then named “Inner Harbor Light," stood at 20 feet tall.2.