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Draft Damage Assessment Plan for the Anacostia River available for public comment
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON- The National Park Service, on behalf of the Anacostia River Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Trustees, invites public comment on a draft Damage Assessment Plan (DAP), which details the Trustees’ proposed approach to conducting a natural resource damage assessment and restoration for the Anacostia River. We encourage the public to review the draft DAP and provide comments through Aug. 16, 2023.
Temps in the Santa Monica Mountains and coastal areas to reach triple digits this upcoming weekend
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif - With temperatures rising into the triple digits in some areas of the Santa Monica Mountains this weekend, National Park Service rangers are urging the public to avoid recreating in the middle of the day when it’s the hottest and to leave their dogs at home.
Buffalo at Bent's Old Fort
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: Bison, commonly known as buffalo, were obviously a vital part of the fort’s business as both a food source and commodity for the robe trade), but they also were part of the post’s livestock. Matt Field wrote in 1839, “At Fort William we saw two buffalo calves grazing with the domestic cattle, and displaying...
Acknowledgements for The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: Funding for this research and curriculum project came from the Center for Children’s Books at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Additional financial support was provided by Alabama Public Humanities.
Plans Announced for 2023 Federal Subsistence Hunt of Chisana Caribou Herd
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - This week plans for the 2023 federal subsistence hunt for the Chisana caribou herd were announced by Wrangell-St. Elias Superintendent Ben Bobowski, the designated federal manager for the hunt. Consistent with the cooperative management plan for the herd, the harvest quota is 6 bull...
Paradise Ranger Station Exhibit Panel
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: Title: Paradise Ranger Station. Main Text. For eighty years park rangers used this building as a base for coordinating rescues and protecting park resources. The ranger station still serves this purpose, although it is no longer open to the public. Historically, the first floor was an information center...
Chapter 6: Swedish Cremes and Welfare Cheese
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: Momma sends Kenny and Byron to the corner store for milk, bread, and tomato paste for dinner. Instead of giving the kids money, she instructs them to "sign" for the food.
Magical Realism
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: In chapter 13, Christopher Paul Curtis embeds narrative elements of magical realism into the story. Magic realism blends aspects of reality, fantasy, and magic into the story. This technique emerges when Kenny begs his siblings to venture to Collier’s Landing (a place Grandma Sands strongly advises against...
Flash Flooding Causes Closures at Saratoga National Historical Park
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: Torrential rainfall the evening of July 16 caused flash flooding in parts of Saratoga National Historical Park. This flooding caused substantial damage to the park’s eastern entrance at Route 4 and at numerous locations along the park’s hiking trails, including the Wilkinson Trail. Evaluations of the...
Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt of Permit Applications discussed on July 17 by Interior Department
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Chapter 4: Froze-Up Southern Folks
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2023
News Release: Even after fifteen years in Michigan, Mrs. Watson is still afraid of Flint’s freezing cold winters.
Voting at Cedar Creek
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2023
News Release: “On the 11th we reached camp at Cedar Creek, where we voted for State and County officers in Ohio, under the law authorizing soldiers to vote in the field. No election anywhere was ever conducted more fairly and honestly than this one.".
George Gibbs Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2023
News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.
Emanuel Tillman Mische
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2023
News Release: Fort Tryon Park, New York City, New York.
Frederick Gage Todd
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2023
News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.
Carl Rust Parker
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2023
News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.
“Senate Committee Meetings” published by the Congressional Record in the Daily Digest section on July 12
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2023
The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “Senate Committee Meetings” on July 12.
Body of Missing 19-year-old Swimmer Jose Madera Martinez Recovered from Delaware River
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2023
News Release: BUSHKILL, Pa- The body of Jose Madera Martinez, 19, of Paterson, New Jersey, was recovered at around 11:15 am today from the waters of the Delaware River near Kittatinny Point within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by National Park Service search crews. Today marks the third full day of the search.
Harold Hill Blossom
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2023
News Release: Notable Projects while at Olmsted Firm.
Change in Leadership at Virgin Islands National Park
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2023
News Release: ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands - The National Park Service (NPS) announces Scott B. Simmons will serve as Acting Superintendent of Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument beginning July 30, 2023. Nigel A. Fields, the departing Superintendent, returns to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) in a senior executive position after leading approximately $50 million in recovery efforts on St. John following Hurricanes Irma and Maria.