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Yosemite Fire Update for July 8, 2023

News Release: Pika Fire. Location: Just west of North Dome. Elevation: 7,100 feet. Discover date: June 29, 2023. Size: 4 acres. Cause: Lightning. Yosemite Fire crews are scouting the fire to implement a confine and contain strategy utilizing natural barriers and trails. The fire has slow growth, with some isolated...


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Whitman Mission National Historic Site Begins Summer Hours

News Release: WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Whitman Mission National Historic Site will begin its summer hours on July 16, 2023. Under this schedule, the Visitor Center will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. seven days a week. The park’s picnic area, trails, and grounds continue to be open daily, sunrise to sunset.


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Podcast 086: Shining Silver Part 1: Conserving Objects for the Gorham Silver Exhibit

News Release: Catherine Cooper: Hello, this is Catherine Cooper. I’m here at the RISD Museum with Ingrid Neuman. So Ingrid, could you tell me a bit about the work you do here at RISD?


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Podcast 088: Paths through History: Accessible Trails at Voyagers National Park

News Release: Elsworth Rock Gardens. Debbie Smith: David and Jason, thank you for joining me today. David, could you tell me a little bit about Ellsworth Rock Gardens ?. David Driapsa: Ellsworth Rock Gardens is an historic district in Voyageurs National Park. It was the summer home of Jack and Elsa Ellsworth, and...


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Podcast 083: 3D Documentation in Ladakh, India

News Release: Satish Pandey: It was way back in 2007. It’s been nearly nine years.


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Evening on the Summit: Dead Irish Blues

News Release: Dead Irish Blues will perform at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. in the amphitheater. This concert is free and no reservations are required. In the event of rain, the concert will take place in the Visitor Center theater.


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Podcast 087: Shining Silver Part 2: Presenting the History of Gorham Silver

News Release: Catherine Cooper: It sounds like such a huge undertaking. So three years in preparation, and then it will be up for a few months here. What led the RISD Museum to actually decide to do something to this scale?


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Podcast 085: Cultural Protocol While Working in Hawaiian Cemeteries

News Release: Jason Church: This is Jason Church, and I’m here on the island of Molokai, and I’m here with-.


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Chapter 15 Lesson Plan: The Watson Go to Birmingham 1963

News Release: Chapter 15 Lesson Plan: The Watson Go to Birmingham 1963.


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Why I Refused To Register

News Release: On Jan. 29, 1943, The War Department announced a new registration program in order to approve incarcerated Japanese Americans for military service or relocation to the midwest or east coast. The WRA began administering the loyalty questionnaire to all internees over 17 years of age on February 3rd.


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BLM re-opens portions of the Boise Foothills

News Release: BOISE, Idaho-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Four Rivers Field Office is re-opening the areas that were temporarily closed due to the Hulls Fire. The temporary closure is being removed from approximately 4,500 acres of BLM-managed public land in the Boise Foothills between 8th Street and Rocky Canyon...


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Podcast 084: Pig Skin and Wieners, the Early Influences on Preservation Architect Jack Pyburn

News Release: Jason Church: The first thing I want to ask you, Jack, I know you as a preservation architect, but I notice when I Google your name, that’s not what comes up first. It’s Jack Pyburn, football. Let’s just get that out of the way. I want to know why it comes up Jack Pyburn, football.


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Pictures on the prairie with artist-in-residence Rachael Sebastian

News Release: BEATRICE, Neb. - Come to Homestead National Historical Park’s Education Center on Thursday, July 13, at 6:00 p.m. to shoot photos with our artist in residence, Rachael Sebastian, and explore prairie wildlife and vegetation in the park. Learn some tricks on composition and lighting from Sebastian while...


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50 Nifty Finds #30: So Funny It Hurt

News Release: Like other large institutions, the National Park Service (NPS) has its own organizational culture. It is shaped by its managers and employees, can be difficult to understand at times, and is slow to change. One of the places NPS culture-and recurring issues of concern to employees-can be seen is in internal...


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Podcast 078: On the Couch with Historic New England

News Release: Alex Beard: Hi. My name is Alex Beard and I’m here at Historic New England in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Here with me today is Liz Peirce. She is the current Mellon Fellow at Historic New England. Hi, Liz. Can you tell us a little bit about what you’ve been doing at Historic New England, some of the projects you’ve been working on?


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Bandelier National Monument Visitor Center Closed for Evaluation of Environmental Conditions

News Release: Bandelier National Monument is evaluating indoor environmental conditions in some of its structures. The park remains open, and the shuttle remains running. The café, bookstore, and restrooms remain open and accessible to the public, as do all outdoor facilities.


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St. Clement’s Island Museum

News Release: The St. Clement’s Island Museum sits along the Potomac River in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and explores Maryland’s early colonial history. The museum interprets the history of St. Clement’s Island, the first English settlement in Maryland, as well as the Ark and the Dove, the ships that carried the colonizers. The island itself is in the Potomac River and is only accessible by boat or ferry from the museum.


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Artillery Sounds Heard By Lewis and Clark

News Release: There are a great many mysteries throughout the Lewis and Clark story, but one that still causes people to scratch their heads took place in the area around the Great Falls of the Missouri in early July 1805.


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Reedville Fishermen’s Museum

News Release: The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum is in Northumberland County, Virginia along the banks of Cockrell Creek, a tributary that drains into the lower Chesapeake Bay. The museum stands on land once owned by Captain Elijah Reed. In the mid-19th century, Reed sailed to the Chesapeake Bay from Maine and set up...


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Reclamation’s operation of Hungry Horse Dam

News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation today laid out the process it is undertaking to address requests for support from the State of Montana and congressional delegation regarding the elevation of Flathead Lake downstream of Hungry Horse Dam.