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The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Pea Ridge National Military Park “Take a Walk on the Wild Side” Program

News Release: Pea Ridge National Military Park “Take a Walk on the Wild Side" Program.



Land Management Bureau set to publish a new notice on July 18

There are two releases scheduled to be published on July 18.


Updated Greenbrier temporary closures

News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials reopened limited access to the Greenbrier area of the park. The first half mile of the Greenbrier entrance road is now open to motorists, which allows access to a couple of parking areas. Pedestrians and cyclists are allowed to use 2.5 miles of roadway beyond this point to the intersection with Ramsey Prong Road. Pedestrians and cyclists are not allowed beyond this point due to unsafe road conditions.



News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Wells Field Office announces the 30-day public review and comment period for the Environmental Assessment for the proposed West Wendover Land Conveyance Project, beginning July 15, 2022 and ending Aug. 14, 2022.


News Release: Gering, NE - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that the roughly 194,000 visitors to Scotts Bluff National Monument in 2021 spent $12.6 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 169 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $15 million.


Evening on the Lake: The Pennsylvania Railroad on May 31

News Release: Park volunteer Brandon Sliko will present The Pennsylvania Railroad on May 31, on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 7:00 pm in the Visitor Center theater. This free program will last approximately one hour.


News Release: Hines, Ore. - On Saturday, July 9, public use restrictions increased in Harney County. For all public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management:.


News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has opened the South Side Trail, a scenic, winding route paralleling the Elk River in the Headwaters Forest Reserve, and announced a free nature writing workshop, also at the Headwaters Forest.


BLM to host wild horse and burro event in Franklin Furnace, Ohio

News Release: MILWAUKEE - The Bureau of Land Management is holding a wild horse and burro placement event August 12-13, offering approximately 60 excess animals gathered from western rangelands at Ohio Horse Park, 400 Bobcat Lane, Franklin Furnace, Ohio.


News Release: Prineville, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Deschutes Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal to renew grazing permits for five allotments near La Pine, OR. Public input will help to inform an environmental assessment (EA) focused on the La Pine Grazing Allotments Renewal Project. The 30-day public scoping period starts today and ends Aug. 15, 2022.


Mining Reform Interagency Group to Hold Public Listening Sessions, Extends Comment Period to Gather Feedback for Reforming Mining Laws

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced the dates of public listening sessions hosted by the Interagency Working Group on Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting to gather information and develop recommendations for improving federal hardrock mining regulations, laws and permitting processes.


Campfire Restrictions Lifted

News Release: With the recent rain, cooler and damper conditions, and the resulting reduction in fire danger on the Kenai Peninsula, effective immediately all campfire and fire restrictions for Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Chugach National Forest lands on the Kenai Peninsula are...


Mount Rainier National Park announces Stevens Canyon Road Rehabilitation project schedule

News Release: ASHFORD, Wash. - Rehabilitation of Stevens Canyon Road began on July 5, 2022. Stevens Canyon Road is the only east-west route through the park and connects the popular Paradise area with State Route (SR) 123 near the park’s eastern boundary. During the summer 2022 construction period, contractors will be repairing the section of road between Stevens Creek and Box Canyon. Work will include replacement of guard walls, repair of avalanche chutes, and repair of the road surface.


News Release: Friday Harbor, WA - Encampment, the park’s annual popular living history weekend is back this year at San Juan Island NHP after a three-year hiatus. Please join us this coming August 6 & 7, 2022, at the English Camp Parade Ground for a glimpse of the past as living history interpreters dressed in period...


News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - The Power Line wildfire on the southeast flank of Mauna Loa in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is 90% contained as of Thursday morning, July 14, and remains at 42.5 acres in size.


July 14: Congressional Record publishes “Inflation (Executive Calendar)” in the Senate section

“Inflation (Executive Calendar)” was published on pages S3289-S3296 of the Congressional Record on July 14.


Two Assateague Wild Horses Cross to the Mainland

News Release: On the afternoon of Wednesday, July 13th, two wild horses from the Maryland herd N9BM-JO (Adrianna’s Happy Camper) and N2BHS-CKT (Starlight) crossed to the mainland over the Rt. 611 Verrazano bridge leading to Assateague Island. National Park and State Park staff safely corralled the horses about one half mile from the bridge on the mainland. The horses were trailered and returned to the island safely a few hours later. No horse or human injuries occurred.