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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $35 Million for National Fish Passage Projects to Address Climate Resilience and Strengthen Local Economies
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced a $35 million investment in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 39 projects in 22 states that will address outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting our nation’s ...
Construction of a Larger On-Site Visitor Parking Area Will Require a Short-Term Closure of the Site
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: GETTYSBURG, PA - Eisenhower National Historic Site (NHS) announces a full closure of the site for three days, from Monday, April 24 to Wednesday, April 26, to construct an expansion of the visitor parking area. A full closure is necessary to maintain safety standards for visitors and park staff and protect park resources.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $140 Million for Water Conservation and Efficiency Projects in the West
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced a $140 million investment for water conservation and efficiency projects as part of the President’s Investing in America agenda to enhance the resilience of the West to drought and climate change. Funding for 84 projects in 15 western states, ...
Podcast 040: Thin Section Petrography for Conservation
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: Petrographic Analysis Course. Mary Striegel : Good afternoon Chandra. We’re coming today from the National Conservation Training Center. We would like to talk a little bit about the petrographic analysis course that just took place here. So tell me a little bit about your areas of research. Chandra...
Lincoln Home National Historic Site Hosts Trails & Rails Open House for Interested Volunteers
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, IL: All aboard! Lincoln Home National Historic Site is looking for volunteers interested in sharing Illinois history while riding Amtrak trains from Springfield to Chicago this summer. Interested volunteers can attend an open house on Sunday, May 7, 2023 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the Lincoln Home Conference Center at the corner of 8th Street and Capitol Avenue.
Interior Department discusses Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and Official Protraction Aliquot Diagrams on April 21
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Podcast 044: Incorporating Wiki-based Assignments in Higher Education, Part 1
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: Bruce Sharkey, LSU.edu. Stephanie Byrd: Welcome to the Preservation Technology podcast. I’m Stephanie Byrd, and today I’m talking with Bruce Sharky, a landscape architecture professor at Louisiana State University. Welcome Bruce!. Bruce Sharky: Hi, Stephanie. Thanks for arranging for this. Wiki-Based...
BLM welcomes comments on King Range National Conservation Area Business Plan
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - 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 conduct prescribed burns in southwest Idaho to reduce wildfire threat
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - 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.
National Park Service publishes updated Green Parks Plan
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just in time for Earth Day, the National Park Service (NPS) released the third edition of the Green Parks Plan today setting refreshed goals and objectives to advance sustainable park operations. The updated Green Parks Plan introduces a bold vision for national parks to attain net-zero...
BLM releases supplemental analysis of land purchase, seeks public input
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - 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. The 21-day public comment period closes May 12.
CAUTION URGED ON PUBLIC ROADS
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - 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.
Historic Object Conservation at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: In April 2023, Fort Vancouver National Historic Sited hosted a professional conservator from the National Park Service's Harper's Ferry Center Museum Conservation Services. For two weeks, Conservator Fran Ritchie worked in Fort Vancouver NHS' Archaeology Lab cleaning several select historical objects from the park's museum collection.
Podcast 042: John Asmus on Laser Cleaning "Have Laser Will Travel"
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: John Asmus: Grandfather of Laser Cleaning.
Podcast 039: Cultural Resources in the Wilderness
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: Wilderness: Intersection of Cultural and Natural.
Secretary Haaland Announces $125 Million to Restore Nation’s Lands and Waters as Part of President’s Investing in America Agenda
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: BOISE, Idaho-During remarks at the Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference in Boise, Idaho, today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a $125 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to restore the nation’s lands and waters. The funding from the ...
Podcast 045: Texas Wildfires and Bastrop State Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2023
News Release: Sarah Hunter: Hello Fran Gale and Miriam. Thanks for joining me today.
Trails Center to host porcupine quillwork class in May
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - 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. Join us as special guest Melissa Connely teaches the basics of quillwork from start to finish.
Above-average snowpack and projected runoff will send more water from Lake Powell to Lake Mead
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today released its April 24-Month Study, which includes an increase to downstream flows from Lake Powell to Lake Mead of up to 9.5 million acre-feet (maf) this water year (Oct. 1, 2022 through Sept. 30, 2023).
Reclamation releases Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has released its Climate Change Adaptation Strategy that outlines how Reclamation will combat climate change. The strategy also affirms Reclamation will use leading science and engineering to adapt to human-caused climate change.