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Fresh Pond Parkway
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: While work on Fresh Pond Parkway is credited to Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot, Charles Eliot is deserving of most of the credit for Fresh Pond and Fresh Pond Parkway, and many of the Olmsted designs in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Eliot would be a crucial character in providing a guiding hand for the early activities of the Cambridge Park Commission.
Rochester Parks
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: By the 1880s, many local landowners with the desire for a public park would donate their own property for this purpose. In 1888, Rochester, New York’s Board of Park Commissioners had acquired land from locals and hired Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to develop a comprehensive park system. Olmsted and Vaux proposed three large parks, ranging from 20 to 800-acres, with the hope of capturing the area’s landscape characteristics and scenery.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Production Estimate discussed on April 25 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Interior Department discusses Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Alabama Beach Mouse, Baldwin County, AL; Categorical Exclusion on April 25
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Rocky Mountain National Park Announces Summer Seasonal Hiker Shuttle Operations Begin May 26
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park will operate the Hiker Shuttle during the 2023 summer season beginning on Friday, May 26. 7-day service will operate May 26 through September 4. Beginning on September 9, Saturday and Sunday only service will continue through October 22.
Piedras Marcadas Canyon Petroglyph Viewing Trail Stop 6
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: This is Stop 6, the second to last audio tour stop along the Petroglyph Viewing Trail in Piedras Marcadas Canyon. You have hiked approximately 1 mile, or 1.6 kilometers.
Newton Centre Playground
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Newton Centre Playground was created out of civic interest and involvement, most of it coming from local neighbors. The Newton Centre Improvement Association provided funds for the city’s first public playground, with its initial design prepared by the F.L. and J.C Olmsted firm. Originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, firm member Herbert J. Kellaway took over the design, and after starting his own landscape architecture firm, submitted a revised plan in 1908.
BLM to conduct prescribed burns in southwest Idaho to reduce wildfire threat
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting multiple prescribed burns in southwest Idaho beginning in late April through the end of June depending on weather, vegetation and ground conditions. We are implementing these burns to lower the risk of wildfire ignitions, protect sagebrush habitat, and to support rangeland research with partner agencies.
BLM seeks public comments on use of additional herbicide active ingredients for vegetation treatments on public lands
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management has published a draft programmatic environmental impact statement and is seeking public input on the analysis of seven herbicide active ingredients to control noxious weeds and invasive species on public lands.
BLM Southwest District RAC sheep grazing sub-committee to meet May 9
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Montrose, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Southwest District Resource Advisory Council will hold the third meeting of a sub-committee formed to study domestic sheep grazing in bighorn sheep habitat on May 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The discussion will focus on economics related to livestock...
BLM releases supplemental analysis of land purchase, seeks public input
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office is seeking public input on a preliminary environmental assessment (EA) that provides supplemental analysis to the Marton Ranch Acquisition EA completed in May 2022.
Caution Urged On Public Roads
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management, Lakeview District, advises travelers on roads crossing public land to use caution as spring snowmelt has resulted in muddy and flooded conditions throughout the District.
BLM welcomes comments on King Range National Conservation Area Business Plan
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management is welcoming public comments on a business plan that would increase camping and wilderness backpacking fees to provide for expanded visitor services and continued maintenance levels at the King Range National Conservation Area’s visitor facilities on California’s North Coast.
BLM to temporarily close Eagle Creek Road on weekdays for repairs
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management Cottonwood Field Office is temporarily closing Eagle Creek Road east of Lewiston in Nez Perce County during the work week, and occasionally on the weekends, so road crews can do reconstruction and maintenance work.
National Jr. Ranger Day at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace is fast approaching!
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: HODGENVILLE Ky - Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park will be culminating National Park week with our Jr. Ranger Day Celebration! Visit the Birthplace Unit anytime from 9:00 a.m. (ET) to 5:00 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, April 29, 2023 to pick up your special Jr. Ranger Day items available only on this special day.
BLM seeks input on proposed fee changes for Dalton Highway campgrounds and the addition of new public use cabins.
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Yukon Field Office welcomes public comment through May 20, 2023, on a draft business plan for BLM recreation sites on the Dalton Highway.
BLM and Wyoming Honor Farm celebrate 35 years with May 13 adoption
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Wyoming Department of Corrections Wyoming Honor Farm and the Bureau of Land Management will celebrate 35 years of training and adopting wild horses and burros with an adoption May 13 in Riverton.
Trails Center to host porcupine quillwork class in May
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center will host a workshop on porcupine quillwork from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 20.
Royal Gorge Field Office enters stage 1 fire restrictions
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal Gorge Field Office entered stage 1 fire restrictions today due to dry conditions and high fire danger.
Bureau of Land Management Approves Future Acquisition of 4,000 Acres in Central Oregon
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 26, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management approved a plan this month to acquire about 4,000 acres of private land in central Oregon to increase public access to recreation opportunities and restore healthy landscapes.