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What’s In a Name? Identity, Terminology, and Latino Heritage
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: There is not a single rule when referring to people of Latin American heritage. The question of whether to use “Hispanic," “Latino," “Latinx," or something else has been increasingly debated in our communities, and many express their own preferences.
Death Valley National Park Remains Closed due to Damage from Hilary Storm
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, Calif. - Death Valley National Park is still closed due to major flash flood damage. The park had its rainiest day ever during Hurricane Hilary on Aug. 20, receiving more rain than it normally does in an entire year.
My Park Story: Alexandra Sines
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Where are you from? What was your pathway to the National Park Service?
2023 National Wilderness Month Proclamation
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: “When we conserve our country’s landscapes and wilderness, we do more than preserve their beauty for our own enjoyment. We safeguard the future of people who depend on and sustain the land as a way of life - Indigenous peoples, farmers and ranchers, recreation businesses, and rural communities. We enshrine...
Swimming Beach at Great Kills Park is Closed For the 2023 Season
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Staten Island, NY -The beaches at Great Kills Park are closed for swimming. Bacterial levels in water samples taken from this body of water exceed local, state and National Park Service standards for recreational activity. Due to the increased human health risk, the National Park Service warns to avoid contact with these waters until further notice. For updates on this advisory, please go to Gateway National Recreation Area's website at www.nps.gov/gate or call 718-354-4606.
Dr. Bill Sayre wins National Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Jemez Springs, NM - On Thursday, Aug. 23, 2023, one of Valles Caldera’s wonderful volunteers, Dr. Bill Sayre, received the 2022 George and Helen Hartzog Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. You can watch the award ceremony on this web page: Live Events | U.S. Department of the Interior (doi.gov).
"Spine of Steel": Mamie Eisenhower in World War II
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: During World War II, Dwight “Ike" Eisenhower would achieve some of the greatest accomplishments of his military career, though he didn’t do it alone. He relied on the support of his wife of twenty-five years, Mamie. While Ike took up military positions overseas, Mamie remained in the United States. She...
Annual Old Fashioned Spelling Bee and Ice Cream Social on Labor Day at Homestead National Historical Park
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Beatrice, NE - On Monday, September 4, 2023, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Freeman School, join in that time honored tradition of the Annual Old Fashioned Spelling Bee. Stick around after the Bee for a free Ice Cream Social, complete with games and activities that schoolchildren would have played back in the homestead era.
July 16, 1787: The Great Compromise Passes
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "Although we could not do what we thought best in itself, we ought to do something.".
July 14, 1787: Revisiting the Compromise
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "He was sure that no government would last that was not founded on just principles. He preferred the doing of nothing, to an allowance of an equal vote to all the States.".
Glacier National Park Fall Operation Adjustments for 2023
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Sept. 1, 2023] - As the autumn season approaches, operations in the park will start winding down. On Sept. 10, the park’s 2023 vehicle reservation pilot will end.
July 15, 1787: A Sorely Needed Recess
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "P.S. Have you thinned the Carrots which were too thick?".
Garfield Telegraph September 2023
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: A September day when life departed James A. Garfield.
Caparra Archeological Site Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: When Ponce de León set out to create Puerto Rico’s first capital, he chose a site in present-day Guaynabo on the northeastern edge of the island. Known as Caparra or La Ciudad de Puerto Rico, the city was established in 1508, making it the oldest known European community currently under the authority...
New information reveals the identity of a State Trooper buried at St. Paul’s
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: New information reveals the identity of a State Trooper buried at St. Paul’s.
Reclamation to temporarily close Delta Cross Channel Gates
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Walnut Grove, Calif - The Bureau of Reclamation will close the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at about 10 a.m. The closure is required to meet salinity requirements in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The gates will remain closed until Friday, Sept. 8 at about 10 a.m.
George Mason Memorial Cultural Landscape
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Introduction. The George Mason Memorial is a historic designed landscape located in West Potomac Park along the southern edge of the Tidal Basin in downtown Washington, D.C. Since original development at the turn of the twentieth century, the garden has been widely known for its brilliant floral blooms.
Acadia National Park Advisory Commission meets on September 11
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet in-person at Moore Auditorium at the Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor, ME at 1 pm on Monday, September 11. There will also be a virtual option available for those unable to attend in-person. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comment.
Fall Operations at Craters of the Moon
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: ARCO, ID, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve has started its fall season operations. The Robert Limbert Visitor Center and Natural History Association Bookstore are open daily from 9 am to 4:30 pm. Park films are available on request.
Bureau of Land Management Wyoming seeks public comment for proposed March 2024 oil and gas lease sale
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Consistent with the direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming today released an environmental assessment analyzing 36 oil and gas parcels totaling approximately 19,140.94 acres for a proposed lease sale that would be held in March 2024. The release of this environmental assessment starts a 30-day public comment period, which will end Oct. 2, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.