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News Release: WASHINGTON-Join the National Park Service for evenings filled with family-fun and FREE live music at the Fort Dupont Park Summer Event Series. The 50th Anniversary season kicked-off on Saturday, July 30 with performances from Sirius Company, Be’La Dona, The Soul Searchers and DJ Rico. The Summer Event Series continues starting August 13.


DOI-NPS offers new grant application process starting Aug. 4

FY2022 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights- History Grants grant opened on Aug. 4.


News Release: Capture high-quality, memorable images with your smartphone - no big or expensive camera gear required! Great photography is fundamentally based on good composition, the quality of the light, and patience. While more gear can help us execute and expand our creative capabilities, no amount of equipment...


Petersburg National Battlefield Sunset Tour Series: “Explosion at City Point” August 20, 2022

News Release: PETERSBURG, VA - Petersburg National Battlefield’s Sunset Tour Series concludes on August 20 with a program focusing on the deadly explosion at the Union Army’s supply base at City Point in August 1864. The 60-minute, ranger guided walking tour will begin at 6:00 pm at the General Grant’s Headquarters Unit located at 1001 Pecan Avenue in Hopewell, Virginia.


The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS” on Aug. 4.


There were 61 notices published by the Interior Department in July, according to the Federal Register.


News Release: TULELAKE, California- Pavement preservation work on roads and areas within Lava Beds National Monument is set to begin Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Work will begin near the entrance station at the north end of the park and continue south through the rest of the summer and early fall. In addition to the main...


Archivist Kate Hanson Plass Named Winner of the NPS Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award for Cultural Resource Specialist

News Release: Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site Archivist Kate Hanson Plass has been named the winner of the 2021 National Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award for Cultural Resource Specialist.


News Release: Grand Canyon National Park lifted its mandatory water conservation measures when water storage on the South Rim reached an acceptable level, Aug. 1, 2022.


“Text of Senate Amendment 5194” published by the Congressional Record  on Aug. 3

The Congressional Record published “Text of Senate Amendment 5194” in the Senate section on Aug. 3.


There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 4.


News Release: There will be a Fee Free Day on August 4th, 2022 at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and all other National Park Service sites across the nation. This is recognition of the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act passed in 2020. Come and visit us!.


DOI-BLM grant application closes on Jan. 31

Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Resource Management grant opened on Aug. 3.


News Release: Dover, Tennessee- For 160 years the Battle of Fort Donelson has been regarded as one of the most strategic and known battles of the American Civil War, bringing the small community of Dover, Tennessee, to national attention. While the Fort Donelson battle remains well known, most are unaware of two later...


News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join a ranger at Indiana Dunes National Park for a hike exploring the Bailly Homestead and Cemetery along with the Chellberg Farm every Sunday in August from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Explore the grounds of both historic homes and learn about early settlers and farmers who came...


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announces a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the adaptive re-use of the Henson Robinson House (1,986 square feet).


Unsung Heroes Event at Fort Stanwix

News Release: On Saturday, August 6, the park will be hosting an 18th century-style blacksmith, tinsmith, and surgeon at the reconstructed fort. The event highlights some of the skilled professionals whose expertise was essential to the outcome of the 1777 siege of Fort Stanwix/Schuyler. The event is free, and runs from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, and the blacksmith, tinsmith and surgeon will be presenting programs and demonstrations all throughout the day.


Interior Department Releases Coordinated Approach to Better Protect Fossils on Federal Lands

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today published a final rule to implement the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act and provide standards for a coordinated management approach to better protect fossils on federal lands. The Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish ...


Manhattan Project National Historical Park Hosting Days of Peace and Remembrance in observance of atomic bombings of Japan

News Release: DENVER - Manhattan Project National Historical Park will partner with Pearl Harbor National Memorial to mark the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan, which occurred in August 1945 in the waning days of World War II. The commemoration will include luminaria ceremonies hosted at each of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park locations and Pearl Harbor National Memorial. Following is a schedule of events.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A coalition of federal agencies today announced next steps as part of the Biden-Harris administration's all-of-government approach to addressing how to close the digital divide and increase internet access across Indian Country and the Native Hawaiian Community. The Department of the Interior ...