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National Park Service Launches Mi Parque, Mi Historia Campaign with NPS Birthday
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: Washington, Aug. 24, 2023. - With the National Park Service’s (NPS) 107th birthday on Aug. 25, NPS is launching “Mi Parque, Mi Historia," a campaign that invites Hispanic/Latino communities, families, and individuals to share their personal connection to parks and the outdoors.
Collaboration leads to successful fuels projects in Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: In late May/early June 2023, four members of a Western Area Fire Management team in Alaska were joined by three fire staff from Buffalo National River in Arkansas, in NPS’s Midwest Region, and one from Great Smokey National Park in NPS’s Eastern Region, to work on fuels projects at Lake Clark National Park & Preserve.
Bat at Arches tests positive for rabies
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: MOAB, Utah - A bat found outside of Arches National Park Visitor Center on Aug. 18, 2023, has tested positive for rabies. In recent weeks, the park has received a few other reports of unusual bat behavior, including one reported bite.
Rivers and Borders on El Camino Real de los Tejas
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: Lacking major mountain ranges, Texas’ geography is shaped by its rivers. Rivers helped travelers determine distance, and they demarcated boundaries between Indigenous groups and, later, European and American settlers. Rivers were essential to Texans’ lives and livelihoods; they provided water for people and animals, irrigation for crops, and transportation between the coast and inland regions.
National Park Service Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Anchoring Permit Fee
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - The National Park Service (NPS) is extending the public comment period by two weeks for the proposed Buck Island Reef National Monument anchoring permit fee. The public comment period will now close September 6, 2023.
2022 Wilderness Stewardship Award Recipients
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: Individual Award: Jane Rodgers. Jane Rodgers has been a tireless advocate for supporting wilderness both at Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR) and throughout the network and region. As Chief of Science and Resource Stewardship, Jane has led a robust campaign to train the broadest range of employees as...
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park earns top National Park Service “Excellence in Education” Award
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - The Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park “Earth, Sea, Sky" education program has earned the top National Park Service (NPS) award for its exemplary contributions to education.
Maksskitsi (Mountain Ash)
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: Native people boiled the peeled branches or inner bark of mountain ash to make teas for treating back pain, colds, headaches, sore chests and internal bleeding. Branches were boiled and the steam inhaled, to relieve headaches and sore chests.
Pokintsomo (Cow Parsnip)
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: This member of the carrot family is common in moist hollows along intermittent streams. Young leaves are delicious in salads or cooked, but as they age the taste becomes too strong. The cooked roots are said to taste like rutabagas. The young stems can be peeled and eaten raw but are best cooked. Great care should be taken when identifying this plant as it resembles poisonous water hemlock.
Tourism to Badlands National Park and Minuteman Missile National Historic Site contributes to local economies
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: INTERIOR, SOUTH DAKOTA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that visitors in 2022 to Badlands National Park and Minuteman Missile National Historic Site spent $81,870,000 in communities near the parks. That spending supported 1,111 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $106,915,000.
Grassroots “Keep Big Bend Wild” Group Wins National Wilderness Stewardship Award
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - For their contributions to rejuvenate wilderness designation efforts at Big Bend National Park, a grassroots group of citizens known as “Keep Big Bend Wild" is the recipient of the 2023 National Park Service (NPS) Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Award, in the External Partner category.
BLM finalizes long-term plans for Jupiter Inlet Outstanding Natural Area
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: Today, the Bureau of Land Management Southeastern States District released its approved Resource Management Plan amendment that will guide long-term management for the 120-acre Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area in Palm Beach County, Florida.
'KIDShakes' coming to Garfield site on Sept. 2
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: The National Park Service staff of James A. Garfield National Historic Site is pleased to announce that the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival is bringing a special program for children and families to the grounds of President and Mrs. Garfield’s home. “KIDShakes" will take place on the lawn at James A. Garfield National Historic Site beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 2.
Local Tales Spun from Mine-18 During the Annual Blue Heron Ghost Mine
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: Venture into the hollows of Big South Fork NRRA as we celebrate the time-honored tradition of storytelling in Kentucky during the 13th annual Blue Heron Ghost Mine on September 9, 2023.
Michigan Man Sustains Thermal Burns in Yellowstone National Park
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: News release from the U.S. Department of Justice District of Wyoming.
Okonoki (Serviceberry)
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: Also called Saskatoon, serviceberry provided an important food source of the Blackfeet. The dark purple fruit contains about ten seeds and is plump and juicy. Eaten fresh, dried, or mashed in cakes, it’s most common use was in pemmican, a mixture of animal fat, dried meat, and the crushed berries. Serviceberries...
Aapaawapsspi (Huckleberry)
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: Huckleberries are found in diverse habitat and common from the foothills into the high mountains. There are six different species of huckleberry in the park. The berries are quite sweet and were used widely by the Blackfeet and other tribes. Traditional uses include drying the berries by the fire and...
Joshua Tree National Park rangers win two national awards: The Tilden Freeman and The Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: For their contributions to interpretation, wilderness stewardship, and volunteerism, five park rangers from Joshua Tree National Park received two separate national awards during a ceremony held in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 23.
Filing of Plats of Survey; Nevada discussed on Aug. 24 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Asiitsiksimm (Black Cottonwood)
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: Black cottonwood is recognized by the deep, roughly furrowed gray bark on mature trees. The large, broad ovate leaf is characteristic of the poplar family. Many tribes ate the sweet inner bark in the spring, when the sap was running. After the thick outer bark had been removed, the inner bark (cambium) could be scraped off. The wood was said to be ideal for tipi fires, because it did not crackle and produced clean smoke.