Stories by Interior Newswire on Federal Newswire


There are two releases scheduled to be published on July 27.


News Release: TONOPAH, NV - The Bureau of Land Management Tonopah Field Office announced a two-year segregation of 118,630.9 acres addressed in seven proposed solar projects in Esmeralda County, Nevada, approximately 23 miles southwest of Tonopah and 12 miles west of Silver Peak, in Big Smoky Valley.


There is one release scheduled to be published on July 27.


News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Superintendent William (Billy) Shott has accepted a promotion to Deputy Regional Director for Interior Region 8, 9, 10, 12. Previously known as the Legacy Pacific West Region, this regional office oversees more than 65 parks in California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon...


Pearl Harbor National Memorial Remembering the 77 Years since the Atomic Bombing of Japan

News Release: Pearl Harbor National Memorial will partner with Manhattan Project National Historical Park to remember the 77th Anniversary of the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This Messages of Peace event will include a luminary ceremony hosted on August 7, 2022.


News Release: Boise, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management has acquired 275 acres of land in the Boise Foothills to increase access to open space and protect important wildlife habitat. The property is located a few miles north of Barber Valley overlooking Table Rock and downtown Boise. The BLM purchased the land from the Alta Harris Family Foundation, a non-profit organization, using money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.


Man Dies Climbing Rising Wolf Mountain

News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [July 26, 2022] - On Monday morning, a 79-year-old male from Florida fell to his death while attempting to ascend a steep off-trail slope with a group of friends. The incident occurred several hundred feet above the Two Medicine Campground on Rising Wolf Mountain.


News Release: CHEYENNE, Oklahoma: Due to the forecasted weather for Saturday, Cavalry Day will be postponed until Sept. 17, 2022. Mark your calendars, we look forward to seeing you in September!.


Be Fire Aware: Extreme Fire Danger on Public Lands in Lakeview District

News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - As the warm weather continues and fire danger increases, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District is implementing additional public use restrictions on lands managed by the BLM in south-central Oregon starting July 28, 2022, at 12:01 a.m.


There is one release scheduled to be published on July 26.


News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Glacier Bay National Park has initiated an environmental inspection program focused on large cruise ships that enter the park. Effective immediately, independent inspectors will board ships unannounced to assess operations such as wastewater management, emissions, marine mammal protection, and compliance documentation.


Biederman Fire #458 Unstaffed In Monitor Status

News Release: The Biederman Fire #458, discovered July 4, has been placed in monitor status and all firefighter resources demobilized. The fire will be included on periodic reconnaissance flights performed by the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, which is currently monitoring multiple other lightning-caused...


News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 536,601 recreation visits in June 2022. This is a 43% decrease from June 2021 (938,845 recreation visits), which was the most-visited June on record.


Fire restrictions go into effect at Chickasaw National Recreation Area

News Release: Sulphur, Okla.- New fire restrictions are now in effect at Chickasaw National Recreation Area due to prolonged drought and dry vegetation. Wood fires, including campfires, are prohibited until further notice.


50th Anniversary of Mammoth Cave and Flint Ridge Connection

News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park will mark the 50th Anniversary of the Flint Ridge-Mammoth Cave connection with a special cave tour to the connection site and several public events in the park and local community. The anniversary will take place in early September, but advance cave tour tickets will go on sale Monday, August 1.


News Release: Pecos, NM - Join staff from El Rancho de las Golondrinas on July 30th and 31st to visit with historic reenactors as they demonstrate yucca processing into twine and needles, wool carding and fiber making. This interactive program offers a glimpse into everyday life during the Spanish Colonial period...


Fire Restrictions in Effect at Lava Beds National Monument

News Release: TULELAKE, California - Beginning Monday, July 25, fire restrictions will be in effect.


DOI-USGS1 offers new grant application process starting July 25

Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Piedmont - South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on July 25.


BLM Wind River/Bighorn Basin District issues fire restrictions

News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - Due to dry conditions and high fire danger, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions will begin July 28 on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management Wind River/Bighorn Basin District’s Cody, Lander and Worland field offices in Big Horn, Carbon, Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Sweetwater and Washakie counties.


News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [July 25, 2022] - A search and rescue underway in Glacier National Park for two local men reported overdue from a climb on Dusty Star Mountain ended this morning when Minuteman Aviation located the bodies of the two deceased climbers.