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Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 4
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Succession. Welcome to the “Tunnel Tree!" As you continue your journey through the wheels of time, try counting the growth rings where this tree was hollowed out. Here time is measured by the seasonal growth of a forest giant. It’s old! What was happening in human history when this tree was just a sprout?...
Charleston Area National Park Sites Close Due to Threat of Hurricane Idalia (Sullivan's Island,)
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC - On Aug. 29, 2023, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site have temporarily closed in preparation for Hurricane Idalia and the safety of visitors and staff. All concession-operated ferry trips to Fort Sumter have been suspended and no special park use permits will be issued until further notice. .
Charleston Area National Park Sites Close Due to Threat of Hurricane Idalia (Sullivan's Island,)
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC - On Aug. 29, 2023, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site have temporarily closed in preparation for Hurricane Idalia and the safety of visitors and staff. All concession-operated ferry trips to Fort Sumter have been suspended and no special park use permits will be issued until further notice. .
Twin Firs Fire Contained in Mount Rainier National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park officials announce that the Twin Firs Fire has been successfully contained. The Twin Firs Trail has now reopened to the public.
National Park Service awards contract to repair Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park seawalls
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund is providing $112.76 million to the National Park Service for a contract to rehabilitate the failing seawalls around a portion of the Tidal Basin and along the Potomac River through West Potomac Park.
Pipestone National Monument Receives National Park Foundation Grant to Connect Indigenous Youth with Quarries
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Pipestone National Monument is honored to have received the National Park Foundation’s Open Outdoors for Kids Grant for 2024! This grant will fund field trips to the park from under-resourced communities, with a special focus on re-connecting Indigenous youth to their ancestral land.
Battling to Save Battlefield Birds
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: By Nicholas Tait, NCRN I&M Science Communication Intern.
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 13
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Elephant Tree. Redwoods frequently clone new sprouts in response to some form of stress or injury. These clones come in different shapes and sizes. Unlike the trees that sprout up from the burl collar around the base of a redwood, some trunks and branches in the canopy may twist and wind a multitude...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 2
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: A Mosaic of Life. Welcome to an old-growth redwood forest! Notice you are surrounded by more than just redwoods. The tree next to this post is an old-growth Douglas Fir. Observe how its bark is crustier and flakey in comparison to the fibrous, deep-furrowed bark of redwood trees. Look around you. How...
Fire restrictions lifted in Zion National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: SPRINGDALE, Utah - Effective on Wednesday, August 30 at 12:01 a.m. fire restrictions will be lifted at Zion National Park. This change follows recent rainfall and improved plant conditions that have reduced fire danger.
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 10
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: The Brine Vat. Investigate this fallen, hollow redwood. Do you notice anything strange? The historical abundance of salmon and steelhead trout in Redwood Creek gave one man the idea to turn this fallen redwood into a brine vat for salting fish. In the 1920s, during the Great Depression, this log was...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 5
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Ancient Streambed. The long life of a single old redwood tree is a mere blip in time compared to the geological age of the rocks beneath your feet. The ground upon which you are walking is an ancient streambed where salmon likely once swam a million years ago! Redwood National and State Parks rests on...
Fire Island National Seashore Announces the Reopening of the Lighthouse Tour
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Patchogue, NY - Fire Island National Seashore announces the reopening of the Lighthouse Tower. Beginning Wednesday, August 30th, visitors will be able to take a tour of the tower.
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 9
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: A Canopy Through Time. You are now entering the kaleidoscopic canopy realm of the large-leaf maple! California bay laurels, tanoaks and red alders complement these moss-covered sculptures, adding texture and color to the canvas of this grove. Stop for a moment. Close your eyes and smell the air. Can...
September wild horse and burro adoption events in Wyoming
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold five wild horse and burro adoptions in Wyoming this September. Untrained horses and burros will be offered to qualified adopters on a first-come, first-served basis for a $125 minimum fee (credit cards are the preferred payment method). Saddle and halter-started horses and burros may be adopted by competitive bid. Below are the scheduled adoption events for the month of September:.
Gettysburg National Military Park Announces Next Phase of Road Paving
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: GETTYSBURG, PA - Beginning Tuesday September 5, park roads west and north of Gettysburg (Day 1 Battlefield) and the East Cavalry battlefield will be repaved. This three-month project will address road surfaces and parking areas that are at the end of their lifespan.
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 7
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Goosepen. The fire cave you see in front of you is often referred to as a goose-pen, because early settlers once used hollows like this to roost their chickens and geese. Old-growth redwoods have thick, fire-resistant bark, and although they will burn, they most often just smolder. Large goose-pens are...
Tall Trees Walking Tour Stop 6
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Trinidad Trail. Welcome to what was once the Trinidad Trail! If you were standing here in the 1850s, you would bear witness to some of the first pack trains of mules, horses and donkeys carrying supplies from the port of Trinidad to gold miners working the Klamath, Trinity, and Salmon Rivers. As more...
Viola Liuzzo
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: Ms. Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo, a Unitarian Universalist committed to work for education and economic justice, gave her life for the cause of civil rights. The 39-year-old mother of five was murdered by white supremacists after her participation in the protest march from Selma to Montgomery.
Assistant Secretary Estenoz, White House CEQ Chair Mallory join National Park Service for commemoration of new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument site in Mississippi
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: GLENDORA, Miss. - On Monday, Aug. 28, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory and federal, state and local leaders attended a commemoration event at Graball Landing in Glendora, Mississippi, one of the three sites of the new Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.