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Heavy snowpack increases safety concerns for BLM Uncompahgre recreational users
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Heavy snowpack this year means that stream flows could be particularly high, making recreation more hazardous. Creeks on the east side of the Uncompahgre Plateau are the most likely to experience high flows. Recreational users should avoid crossing fast-moving waters in flood-prone areas such as Spring Creek, Dry Creek, Roubideau Canyon, and Escalante Canyon.
Lincoln Home National Historic Site Celebrates Junior Ranger Day 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, IL: On April 29, 2023, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will join the National Park Service to celebrate Junior Ranger Day 2023. Join National Park rangers and staff in the Lincoln Home Visitor Center, located at 426 S. 7th Street in Springfield IL, to participate in activities and earn Junior Ranger prizes!.
Ticks and Tickborne Diseases
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: THE BASICS. Ticks are external parasites that feed on the blood of vertebrate species (mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians) and can cause a range of illnesses in both humans and animals. Most ticks go through four life stages: egg, six-legged larva, eight-legged nymph, and adult. A tick must take...
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Colorado Hookless Cactus From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife discussed on April 11 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
BLM offers 23,675 acres for solar energy development in Southern Nevada
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: LAS VEGAS - As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to permit 25 gigawatts of renewable energy on public lands by 2025 and achieve a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035, the Bureau of Land Management today announced it is auctioning four parcels totaling 23,675 acres for utility-scale solar energy development in the Amargosa Desert in Nye County, Nevada. The parcels, if fully developed, have the potential to produce nearly three gigawatts of renewable energy.
Potholes Coulee
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: Potholes Coulee is very similar to Dry Falls cataract located in Lower Grand Coulee, in that it consists of two arcuate alcoves separated by a relatively thin “rock blade". Similar plunge pools (now filled with lakes) are also located at the base of the two alcoves in Potholes Coulee. Ancient Lakes are located in the northern alcove, while Dusty Lake occupies the southern alcove portion below the cataract.
California: Samuel D. Burris Burial Site, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom added the Samuel D. Burris Burial Site, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park to the Network in 2023. Samuel D. Burris was a conductor on the Underground Railroad from 1845-1847 in central Delaware. His status as a free African American...
North Shore Quinault Road, Graves Creek Road and East Fork Quinault Trail Closed for Bridge Repairs
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: PORT ANGELES, Wash - Effectively immediately, the North Shore Quinault Road is closed to vehicle traffic at milepost 14.5, just north of the Quinault River Bridge. The road at this location incurred damage during a storm in November of 2021. Continued road settling has made it impassable to vehicles...
Steamtown NHS National Park Week 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: Saturday, April 22 - 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM.
Pennsylvania: House Divided Project at Dickinson College
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom added the House Divided Project at Dickinson College to the Network in 2023. The House Divided Project at Dickinson College was founded in 2005, focusing on slavery and the Underground Railroad in the 19th century. Using 21st...
New York: Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom added the Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum to the Network in 2023. The Archive at the North Star Underground Railroad Museum is listed in the Network to Freedom as a facility that includes an archive of...
Frenchman Coulee Recreation Area
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: Frenchman Coulee is an erosional feature left behind by the great Ice Age Floods, a spectacular dual coulee and recessional-cataract complex in the western Quincy Basin.
Georgia: Frederica (Fort Frederica National Monument)
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom accepted Frederica (Fort Frederica National Monument) as one of 9 new listings from the 45th round of applications in 2023. Located on St. Simons Island, Georgia, it is a unit of the National Park Service and was the setting...
BLM offers two wild horse fertility control trials
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Land Management is authorizing two studies of promising new fertility control vaccines that could potentially help address the overpopulation of wild horses on public lands by slowing their annual growth rates. The research projects, which will take place at a corral facility in Carson City, Nevada, are part of the BLM’s broader efforts to manage healthy wild horses on healthy public lands.
Notice of Competitive Offer and Notice of Segregation for Solar Energy Development on Public Land, Nye County, Nevada discussed on April 11 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
The US Interior Department published a four page notice on April 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
BLM approves construction of TransWest Express transmission project
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: In a significant milestone in the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to modernize America’s power infrastructure in the West and achieve a fully carbon-free electric grid by 2035, the Bureau of Land Management has issued a notice to proceed for construction of the 732-mile TransWest Express Project...
Ice Age National Scenic Trail Seeks Public Comment on Rock County Corridor Plan
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: CROSS PLAINS, Wis., - The National Park Service (NPS), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and Ice Age Trail Alliance are seeking input on a proposed plan for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail (Ice Age NST) corridor in Rock County, Wisconsin. The Preferred Alternative would establish a defined...
Junior Ranger Careers Day 2023
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: 227 visitors explored the many career options within the National Park Service on Saturday, April 8th at Scotts Bluff National Monument. Junior Ranger Career Day was co-hosted with Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, the panhandle’s other National Park site, 45 minutes north of Scottsbluff.
James Aubrey Stewart
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2023
News Release: James Aubrey Stewart was born on September 6, 1906, to James H. and Emma B. Stewart in Piedmont, West Virginia. He was the youngest of six children. His family called him by his middle name due to sharing a first name with his father. After graduating from high school, he went to work alongside his father...
23-027 Dworshak Dam releases to begin increasing Thursday evening
By Interior Newswire Report | Apr 11, 2023
Dworshak Dam is currently releasing 5,100 cubic feet per second. Flows will begin increasing on the evening of Thursday April 13 to be in the approximate range of 7,000 cfs.