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Grothman, National Security Subcommittee Members Investigate Human Trafficking Risks as Biden Administration Moves to End DNA Testing at the Border
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 5, 2023
Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) and members of the subcommittee are launching an investigation after reports indicated that the Biden Administration will end familial DNA testing used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to confirm claimed family unit relationships.
Westerman Releases Statement Ahead of 2023 Fire Season
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
On June 2, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)
Artist-in-Resident 2023
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: Jacek Smolicki. "One Step at a Deep Time" a Soundwalk composition for the ecotones of Canaveral National Seashore. One Step at a Deep Time (on-going.net). Sounds spill, permeate, cross boundaries and transgress borders. You are in an ecotone, a place and time where different ecosystems collide. Tone...
Interior Department publishes 27 notices in week ending May 20
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
There were 27 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending May 20, according to the Federal Register.
“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on May 30
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS“ was published in the Senate section on pages S1787-S1788 on May 30
Great Hall at Grand Portage
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: The Depot at Grand Portage is the summer headquarters for the North West Company, and the Great Hall is the meeting room. Here, the owners of the company discussed necessary business with their clerks from the far reaches of the interior trading posts. The company owners traveled from Montreal to exchange...
Dates Selected for 2023 Ash Mountain Prescribed Burn
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Calif. June 03, 2023 - Firefighters plan to begin ignitions on the 2023 Ash Mountain Prescribed Burn in the foothills of Sequoia National Park on Wednesday, June 7. Three to five days of ignitions are planned. This project consists of 35 acres of broadcast prescribed burning and an additional 4 acres of non-fire fuels reduction (using weed whips, chainsaws, etc.).
Public notices: Interior Department publishes 82 in April
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
There were 82 notices published by the Interior Department in April, according to the Federal Register.
National Park Service completes flood prevention project along the C&O Canal towpath
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT, Md.- In honor of completing the largest restoration project in modern park history, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park today received the Excellence in Historic Preservation and Sustainable Design award from the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT).
Sumner Elementary School
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: Built in 1936, Sumner Elementary School helped launch the nation’s Civil Rights Movement, as one of the schools at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. Sumner was one of 18 Topeka grade schools open only to white children. In the fall of 1950, Oliver Brown, under...
U.S. Marshals Service Missing Child Unit National Operation ‘We Will Find You’ Leads to Recovery of 14 Missing Endangered Children, Multiple Arrests During Eastern District of Louisiana Segment
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
The U.S. Marshals Service New Orleans Task Force phase of the national missing children Operation We Will Find You resulted in the recovery of 14 missing or endangered children from either Orleans, Jefferson, or St. Tammany Parish.
Petrified Forest Hosts Four Artists-In-Residence for the 2023 Season
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: PETRIFIED FOREST, ARIZONA-Artwork has been integral to the protection, preservation, and public enjoyment of our national parks. Since the park’s hundredth birthday in 2006, Artists-in-Residence have offered their creative interpretation of the Petrified Forest. There have been painters, photographers...
Reel In and Recycle at Dale Hollow Lake
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dale Hollow Lake has implemented a fishing line recycling program called The Reel In and Recycle Program.
Topeka Cemetary
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2023
News Release: The Topeka Cemetery, established in 1859, is the oldest chartered burial ground in Kansas. The cemetery is the resting place of many of Topeka’s most noted citizens, including Charles Curtis, the 31st Vice President of the United States, and Topeka founder, Cyrus K. Holliday. Five former Kansas governors...
Group Picnic Shelter at Poplar Springs Recreation Area Now Open
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hartwell Lake Project Office, announces the Group Picnic Shelter at Poplar Springs Recreation Area in Franklin Co., Ga., is now open for reservations.
Army Corps updates water release schedule for Francis E. Walter Dam
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps Engineers’ Philadelphia District announced an update to the 2023 Francis E. Walter Dam recreation plan
Hearing Wrap Up: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse is a ‘Case of Failed Supervision’
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 4, 2023
On May 25, the House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) held a hearing titled “A Failure of Supervision: Bank Failures and the San Francisco Federal Reserve.
Comer & Grassley Blast FBI for Refusing to Provide Subpoenaed Record Alleging Then-VP Biden Engaged in a Bribery Scheme
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
Comer threatens to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings if Director Wray continues to defy subpoena
Auxiliary Lock to open for season at Lock 14
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announces the auxiliary lock, located at Locks and Dam 14 in Pleasant Valley, Iowa, will open May 26 for recreational boating traffic.
BLM seeks comments on proposed 300 MW Bonanza Solar Project
By Interior Newswire Report | Jun 3, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the Bonanza Solar Project, in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada.