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News Release: ROSIE M. KAKUUCHI. Family # 9126. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 21-8-3. We were a family of five be­fore Pearl Harbor: father, mother, sister, brother, and me. Father worked in the produce market. Mother worked as a seamstress in a dry cleaning shop owned by my cousin. I was a 16 year old, naïve, immature...


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


BLM asks for public comment on continued land withdrawal for Army’s Fort Wainwright Training Areas

News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A notice in the Federal Register today announced the filing of an application with the Bureau of Land Management for extension of a withdrawal of Fort Wainwright training areas for another 25 years or more and opens a 90-day public comment period. The Department of Army has applied...


News Release: Who can participate in the NPS Wellness Challenge?


Have Fun in the Sun at Haleakalā National Park’s Solar Festival

News Release: Lets check out some of the strange shaped rocks you might see in the park.


Bureau of Land Management Wyoming seeks public comment for proposed September 2023 oil and gas lease sale

News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Consistent with the direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming today released an environmental assessment analyzing 115 oil and gas parcels totaling approximately 95,419 acres for a proposed lease sale that would be held in September 2023. The release of this environmental assessment starts a 30-day public comment period, which will end April 7, 2023.


Music Heritage Series Concert at the National Park

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Quarter of the way around the Off the Beaten Path Billings Gap Overlook route. Significance: Great vista. Amenities. 1 listed. Scenic View/Photo Spot. As the route continues towards the overlook, notice the hoodoos calving from the edge of the mesa, due to scarp retreat. As the softer...


Lisa Baldwin Selected as New Park Superintendent

News Release: MARGARET D’ILLE GLEASON. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: WRA Staff Housing. Written by Susanne Norton LaFaver, Margaret’s great niece. I was born Margaret Lillian Matthew in Springfield, Illinois, Nov. 20, 1879. My parents, Winfield Scott Matthew and Marion Lillian Pomeroy, were both graduates of Northwestern...


News Release: KAZUKO OYAMADA IWAHASHI. Family # 13683. Camp: Topaz, UT. Address: 20-4-B. In 1913, my father Yoshio Oyamada, at age 15, came to America from Japan. He landed in Seattle and became a farm worker, eventually migrating to the Imperial Valley in Southern California. My maternal grandparents came from Japan...


Wildhorse Township Orientation

News Release: My father left Japan and arrived in Portland, Oregon in 1911. He then came to San Francisco and became a Salvation Army officer. In 1923, a destructive earthquake struck Tokyo, Japan. The Salvation Army in San Francisco sent my father back to Japan to assist the many earthquake victims. While there, he met and married my mother. The two returned to California, and their first child was born in 1924. They settled in the San Francisco Bay Area.


News Release: ELKO, Nev. -The Bureau of Land Management Wells Field Office invites public review and comment of the Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the proposed treatments and improvements to the greater sage-grouse habitat in Northeastern Nevada. The 30-day public comment period begins March 13, 2023 and concludes on April 11, 2023.


News Release: MASAJI “MAS" INOSHITA. Family # 8574. Camp: Gila River, AZ. Address: 45-8-5. My father, Maruju Inoshita, was an immigrant from southern Japan who came to the United States independently as a Sumo wrestler in 1900. My mother came as a picture bride in 1916. She was positive she married the handsomest of...


News Release: Why Monitor Landbirds?. Birds occupy various levels in the food web and play an important role in the flow of energy through ecosystems. Because they can be sensitive to habitat change, birds are good indicators of ecosystem integrity. They also have strong public appeal-unlike many other animals on...


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA discussed on March 10 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WILLIAM HOHRI. Family # 1477. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 10-4-2. In 1922 the Hohri Family of six arrived in San Fran­cisco as Protestant Christian missionaries. They added three more children. I was the youngest. We were living in North Hollywood when the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked our Pacific Fleet...


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office seeks public comment for the June 2023 oil and gas lease sale

News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Consistent with the direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office released an environmental assessment analyzing 51 parcels (20,722.22 acres) for the proposed June 2023 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale. These include 12 parcels...


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Jack of all trades, master of all!.