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Delisting the Okaloosa Darter

The Okaloosa darter is a small fish that grows to about 2 inches long.


Network to Freedom Exhibit Unveiling, July Calendar, and 160th Anniversary of the Knoxville Campaign Commemoration

News Release: NICHOLASVILLE, KY - The National Park Service (NPS) announces that the visitor center at Camp Nelson National Monument is currently open 7-days a week. The building will be open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The grounds remain open sunrise to sunset.


Terrestrial Vegetation Monitoring 2019 Data Summary for Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

News Release: Importance. Vegetation communities are dynamic entities whose species composition, abundance, distribution, and structure are influenced by environmental factors and impacts from natural and anthropogenic disturbances. The diversity of plants within the southeastern Coastal Plain contributes to a range...


Terrestrial Vegetation Monitoring 2019 Data Summary for Cape Hatteras National Seashore

News Release: Overview. Vegetation communities are dynamic entities influenced by environmental factors and impacts from natural and anthropogenic disturbances. The diversity of plants within the southeastern Coastal Plain contributes to a range of ecological services, provides habitat and resources to an array of...


Blow-Me-Down Farm and the Country Place Era

News Release: Between about 1870 and 1930, some Americans experienced a tremendous growth of wealth and time for leisure activities. Meanwhile, the extension of railroads made long-distance travel faster and easier. During this so-called Country Place Era, many wealthy families established rural estates including...


Endangered frogs return to their home on Plumas National Forest

This week, 166 endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs were released into cool streams on the Plumas National Forest to improve their declining population numbers in the northern Sierra Nevada.


U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners Celebrate Okaloosa Darter Recovery

Species recovery demonstrates the strength of partnerships during the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act.


Planning at Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge

Requesting comments on planning efforts at Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Changes to Existing Rights-of-Way on San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) invites public comment on a draft Compatibility Determination (CD) for granting an expanded right-of-way to Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for widening of State Highway 36 that traverses the Brothers River Tract of the refuge.


Miller House Returning to its Roots as Refuge Housing

The Miller House will be fully returned to National Elk Refuge (Refuge) housing this summer and the downstairs portion will no longer be an interpretive center open to the public.


Revisiting Cape Thompson's Lagoons

Decades After Project Chariot, Researchers Revisit Cape Thompson’s Lagoons


Buffalo Lake Water

Waters of Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge are Contaminated


Fatality at Canyonlands National Park

On Wednesday June 28, 2023, Grand County Dispatch received a report of an unresponsive female in Willow Flat Campground at the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park.


Cape Cod National Seashore Urges Residents & Visitors to be Shark Smart This Summer

ape Cod's waters are part of a natural and wild marine ecosystem with a rich diversity of sea life, including sharks and seals.


Lake Mead National Recreation Area resumes public engagement on low water access management planning

Lake Mead National Recreation Area resumes public engagement on low water access management planning Public meetings to be held the week of July 10


Phase II of Stable Building Roof Project

The National Park Service (NPS) Christiansted National Historic Site (CHRI) in partnership with Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) is repairing the roof of the historic Stable Building at Fort Christiansvaern.


BLM halts proposal for grasshopper treatments in Rio Arriba County

he Bureau of Land Management today announced a proposed project to curtail a grasshopper infestation in Rio Arriba County will not proceed.


Storm damage limits access to Smilo Road

Recent storms have created hazardous conditions for vehicular travel and public land users on Smilo/Sand Draw Road east of Ten Sleep.


BLM Mother Lode and Ukiah field offices issue seasonal fire restrictions

he Bureau of Land Management announces fire restrictions are effective Wednesday, June 28, for public lands managed by the Mother Lode, Ukiah and Bishop field offices, primarily located in Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glen, Lake, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba counties.