By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Introduction. Ash-flow tuffs (ignimbrites) erupted during caldera-forming eruptions or parts of caldera walls are present in several national park areas. These rocks are testaments to some of the largest volcanic eruptions in the history of North America. The eruptions of these calderas probably ranged...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Museum of Spanish Colonial Art - Trade Transforms Art Exhibit Audio Description.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Rodeo Beach. Amenities. 1 listed. Trash/Litter Receptacles. Most of the year this beach separates the brackish water of the lagoon from the ocean. In winter, storm waves wash over the beach into the lagoon. The lagoon, swelled by rainwater, overflows, and breaks through the beach...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: This article is one in a series, French Language and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, by Lewis and Clark Trail Digital Interns.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Rodeo Beach. Coastal lagoons support a variety of wildlife and vegetation. This enriched environment sustains many small plant and animals providing a feeding ground for egrets, herons, ducks, and migrating birds. Wildlife of Rodeo Lagoon AD. WAYSIDE TITLE: Wildlife of Rodeo Lagoon...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: This article first appeared in the National History Day 2020 Themebook. See their website for more information or visit this page to find more NHD articles about National Park Service resources.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Introduction. Supervolcanoes are volcanic centers that have experienced the eruptions ranked at level 8 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI). The VEI is a scale that describes the size of volcanic eruptions based on magnitude and intensity. It is a numerical scale (from 0 to 8) on a logarithmic basis...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared the February snowmelt runoff forecasts and operating plans for the North Platte River Basin.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: You might imagine that, for many wild animals living on Fire Island, water can be a scarce commodity. While there is plenty of water to the south in the Atlantic Ocean, that water is too salty to drink. The same is true of the brackish water north in the Great South Bay. In light of this, the location...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Introduction. Fissure volcanoes are produced by eruptions that occur along elongated fissures versus at a central vent. Fissure eruptions occur when magma-filled dikes intersect the surface. Fissure eruptions usually do not build substantial edifices, but instead feed lava flows that can travel great...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: We call this “the heart" because it is the space where the trails all converge. From here you may choose to proceed west, down the longer loop to your right, or south, down the trail to your left. This audio tour will continue down the southward trail for one last stop.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: What Are Problematic Plants?. Sometimes plants grow in places where they don't naturally occur and some plants can cause damage to ecosystems and even harm people. Exotic plants are nonnative species that are typically introduced into an ecosystem by human actions, whether intentional or not. Invasive...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Introduction. Calderas form when magma chambers are partially emptied during large eruptions and the land surface subsides and the area above the shallow magma reservoir collapses. Explosive calderas form during especially large Plinian and Ultra-Plinian eruptions that send ash columns high into the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: East 100ft from the Visitor's Center. Significance: National Cemetery Interring Veterans of Wars. Designation: National Cemetery. Amenities. 9 listed. Information Kiosk/Bulletin Board, Parking - Auto, Parking - Boat Trailer, Parking - Bus/RV, Restroom, Restroom - Accessible, Toilet...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Recipient: Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2023
News Release: Introduction. Volcanic fields are clusters of volcanoes or areas covered by volcanic rocks. Monogenetic volcanic fields consist mostly (or exclusively) of monogenetic volcanoes. These volcanoes (cinder cones, maars, tuff rings, and eruptive fissures) each experience one period of activity. Most monogenetic...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2023
FY23 IIJA Bureau of Land Management Nevada Youth and Conservation Corps. grant opened on Feb. 21.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2023
News Release: Recipient: Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2023
News Release: Introduction. Nonexplosive calderas are found at the summit of large shield volcanoes, including Kīlauea and Mauna Loa in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Unlike summit and resurgent calderas, calderas on shield volcanoes do not form during explosive eruptions. Instead they form when the summit area...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2023
News Release: Recipient: Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission.
