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News Release: When the campus of the Tuskegee Female College would no longer suffice for a growing campus, it was decided to move the college, which would be renamed the Women’s College of Alabama before becoming Huntingdon College, to the more populous, urban environment of Montgomery.

The Orchard at Val-Kill

News Release: The orchard was created in 1931. Here, Eleanor, Marion, and Nancy grew a variety of crops including raspberries, blueberries, pears, grapes, and apples. Fruiting trees included Bosc and Bartlett pears, Mackintosh, Red and Yellow Delicious, Spy, and Pippin apples. The orchard was also home to bee hives.

Interior Department Announces More Than $146 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuge

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced that more than $146 million in funding has been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, providing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners the ability to help conserve or restore 242,000 acres of wetland and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds and other birds across North America - including Canada and Mexico.

Old Beaver Dam

News Release: All along the Val Kill trail you will encounter the endless pattern of change in nature.

Public Land Order No. 7921; Withdrawal of Public Land for Satellite Calibration in Railroad Valley; Nye County, Nevada discussed on April 27 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Provide Updates to Estimated Reopening Dates

News Release: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Tulare County, Caltrans, and others continue to make progress with damage assessments and repairs at a time when the public is eager to get out into their public lands and plan their summer vacations. Thanks to information provided by partner agencies we can share a couple significant updates as part of our weekly review of estimated reopening dates.

Lake Park

News Release: In 1889, Milwaukee began acquiring lakefront land for a new park, asking Frederick Law Olmsted to help with the design. Olmsted agreed, as he was close by in Chicago planning the grounds for the World’s Columbian Exposition. Olmsted believed that greenspaces should be emphasized by the area’s best features, which for Lake Park was a forested, towering lakefront bluff cut deep by ravines.

DeRidder, Louisiana: West Park Master Plan

News Release: When the category 4 hurricanes, Laura and Delta, swept through southwestern Louisiana in August and October of 2020, their high winds, heavy rains, and extensive flooding left a pattern of destruction across southwest Louisiana reaching more than eighty miles inland.

Amateur Radio Event at the Preserve on May 6

News Release: Contact: Heather Brown. Strong City, KS - On Saturday, May 6, 2023, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve will be making waves that will be heard around the country--and maybe even around the world. Members of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club (SFTARC) radio operators will be...

Staff Spotlight: Shalini Gopie

News Release: Meet Shalini Gopie, the Interpretive and Digital Media Specialist for the Interpretation, Education, Youth, and Volunteer Division of the Pacific West Region!.

National Park Service to turn off Gateway Arch exterior lights for bird migration season

News Release: ST. LOUIS-The National Park Service has announced it will not illuminate the Gateway Arch at night throughout the month of May 2023 due to the spring bird migration season.

Sea Turtle Nesting Season Begins on the Texas Coast

With sea turtle nesting season beginning along the Texas coast in late March, we are urging everyone using Texas beaches to do their part to help detect and protect threatened and endangered sea turtles on the beach.

Bandelier’s Mandatory Summer Shuttle Service Begins on May 17, 2023

News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Bandelier National Monument is beginning its free summer shuttle service to Frijoles Canyon on May 17, 2023. The shuttle, which visitors board at the White Rock Visitor Center in nearby White Rock, is mandatory from 9 am to 3 pm daily except for those who meet one of the following exceptions.

More Than $146 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuges

Interior Department Announces More Than $146 Million for Wetland Conservation Projects and National Wildlife Refuges

BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Annville, Pennsylvania

News Release: MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event June 2-3, 2023, offering approximately 30 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at the Shale Knoll Arena, 126 Sherks Church Rd., Annville, Pennsylvania.

Central Texas Moss Listed as Endangered

Central Texas Aquatic Moss Listed as Endangered Under Endangered Species Act

Two species of Missouri crayfish listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Service lists two species of Missouri crayfish as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Investigation and Stabilization of Apple Trees at Purchase Knob

News Release: Located within Great Smoky Mountains National Park in an otherwise forested landscape, majestic and muscular apple trees stand out on a grassy mountain summit, expressing the stories of former lifeways and livelihoods. At Purchase Knob, more than 30 apple trees have persisted for well over a hundred...

Service seeks public comment on 2013 bi-state sage-grouse proposed listing rule

Service seeks public comment on 2013 bi-state sage-grouse proposed listing rule, initiates species assessment

Shed Antler Collection Begins May 1 in Teton County