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Information Panel: Henry Hill

News Release: Today's serene and peaceful fields belie the carnage which occured here on July 21, 1861, when Union and Confederate troops clashed at the first major land battle of the Civil War - the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). Te heaviest and most sustained fighting occured on this ground, resulting in over 5,000 American casualties.


BLM Offers Pinedale Anticline Annual Planning Documents Online

News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - In lieu of an in-person meeting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Field Office has made Pinedale Anticline Project Area planning updates available online. Documents typically presented during a meeting, including wildlife, air, water, operator, and agency reports, are available at:.


Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Invites Public Input for Proposed Dock Replacement and Rehabilitation

News Release: SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC - The National Park Service is seeking public input during an initial planning phase to replace and rehabilitate the docks at Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park. The docks at each fort are essential for transporting visitors and staff to the park.


Interior Department discusses Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT on May 18

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Search for drowning victim concludes

News Release: Northwest, Arkansas - The search for a missing man concluded on May 18th, 2023.


Biden-Harris Administration Advances SunZia Southwest Transmission Project

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced a Record of Decision for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project, which, when completed, will transport up to 4,500 megawatts of primarily renewable energy from New Mexico to markets in Arizona and California.


Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications discussed on May 18 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a nine page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Carl Hayden Visitor Center to Open 7 Days a Week

News Release: Starting May 21, the Carl Hayden Visitor Center will be open 7 days a week, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (MST). The visitor center is located on Highway 89 at Glen Canyon Dam near Page, Ariz. It is operated by the Bureau of Reclamation in collaboration with the National Park Service and Glen Canyon Conservancy.


Information Panel: Turning The Tide

News Release: The Confederate army had been fighting for time. Efforts to delay the enemy's advance bought that time in blood - essential hours that allowed Southern reinforcements to reach the battlefield. Many regiments marched up from defensive positions downstram. Others had just disembarked from trains at Manassas Junction. All moved rapidly to the front - many by following the growing sound of battle.


Informational Panel: The Stand In Robinson Lane

News Release: Colonel Wade Hampton's infantry occupied the Warrenton Turnpike in front of the Robinson farm as the Confederate position on Matthews Hill collapsed. Having arrived at Manassas Junction earlier that morning after a 30-hour train ride from Richmond, the 600 exhausted South Carolinians stood as the only organized Confederate resistance then on the field.


Steamtown National Historic Site’s Railfest and Anthracite Heritage Museum’s Arts on Fire to return on Saturday, June 17, 2023

News Release: Scranton, PA - Celebrate the area’s industrial heritage with the return of Steamtown National Historic Site’s Railfest and Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum’s Arts on Fire on Saturday, June 17, 2023. Both sites are excited to be collaborating to provide an interactive experience showcasing our...


Agencies reach agreement over Jackson Lake Dam

News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo.- The State of Wyoming and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) have reached an agreement on water management operations for the Upper Snake River basin that will avoid impacts to fisheries below the Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National Park.


BLM to conduct controlled burn south of Boise for investigation training

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management plans to ignite a series of small, controlled burns about three miles south of Boise as part of the Wildland Fire Origin and Cause Determination training course. This joint training effort will occur on May 22, and include firefighters working together from various city, state and federal agencies.


Grizzly Monitoring to Begin in Glacier Park

News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [May 18, 2023] - Glacier National Park is participating in an interagency effort led by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park to monitor grizzly bear population trends in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem using bait stations, automated cameras, and traps to capture and monitor grizzly bears inside the park.


Shenandoah National Park ceremony celebrates donation of nearly 1,000 acres to the park

News Release: In a mountainside dedication ceremony on May 18, Shenandoah National Park officially commemorated the 2022 donation of nearly 1,000 acres of land from the Shenandoah National Park Trust. The historic donation is the result of a collaboration with partners from local, state, and national levels.


Notice of Inventory Completion: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK discussed on May 18 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Information Panel: Invaded Farmland

News Release: Spring Hill Farm - now simply known as Henry Hill - lay fallow and overgrown in the summer of 1861. A small vegetable garden and orchard surrounded the frame house. Inside the home, 84-year-old Judith Henry remained bedridden, too old to work the land that had been in her family for more than a century. She shared the home with her daughter Ellen. A hired teenage slave, Lucy Griffith, assisted with domestic chores.


Information Panel: Confederates Rally

News Release: Many Confederates felt they had lost the battle - perhaps the war. At that moment Generals Joseph E. Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard arrived on Henry Hill and began to rally the scattered regiments. The fugitives started to reform behind fresh reinforcements that deployed along the edge of the woods. Men and horses muscled thirteen cannon to the front.


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Yuba County Water Agency, Marysville, CA discussed on May 18 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Wadeable Stream Monitoring at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

News Release: I’m not a scientist. But several weeks ago, I tagged along with a group of scientists to survey a stream in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Studying wadeable stream habitats is part of the National Park Service’s Inventory and Monitoring Division’s effort to evaluate the condition of...