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News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Amenities. 9 listed. Benches/Seating, Grill, Parking - Auto, Pet Waste Disposal, Pets Allowed, Picnic Shelter/Pavilion, Picnic Table, Toilet - Vault/Composting, Trash/Litter Receptacles. Open year-round from sunrise to sunset. Vault toilets are...


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA discussed on Feb. 1 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior Department discusses Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA on Feb. 1

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is announcing a two-week closure of the Andy Senti Public Lands Information Center (Public Room) beginning February 13th. The closure of the Public Room is part of the Colorado State Office relocation from its 2850 Youngfield Street Lakewood, CO 80215 office to the Denver Federal Center, Building 1A Lakewood, Colorado 80215.


2023 Spring Turkey Hunt Dates Announced

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BLM seeks information regarding recent vandalism incidents on public land

News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - Since July 2022, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has experienced multiple incidents of vandalism, including the burning of vault public toilets around Lake Havasu. “Infrastructure in the area is often unattended and in remote areas, thus little is actually known about how...


The Reconstruction Era National Historic Network Announces the Addition of Three New Sites

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 1200 S Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN. Significance: One of the oldest and largest Presbyterian congregations in Minnesota and the United States with a strong tradition of social and religious programs for Chinese Americans in Minneapolis. Designation: Listed in the National Register...


BLM Battle Mountain District to Conduct Prescribed Burning in the Railroad Valley Wildlife Management Area

News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev.-- The Battle Mountain District Office (BMDO) is planning to conduct prescribed burning activities during the months of February through March 2023 in the Lockes Pond and Big Well Units of the Railroad Valley Wildlife Management Area.


News Release: Throughout the summer season, join Park staff or a volunteer pier side adjacent to the USS Cassin Young for a talk about the history of the Charlestown Navy Yard and the Cassin Young’s connection to the Yard. You will learn more about how the Navy Yard was established in 1800 and came to be a hub of...


“Old Battlefields, New Parks” at 24th Annual Free Civil War Seminar February 4, 2023

News Release: Join the National Parks of Boston for Sunday Funday! Rangers organize family friendly activities at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Sundays throughout the summer. From coloring sheets to rope-making, there are activities for all ages.


BLM to host public meeting in Salt Lake City for input  on potential updates to solar energy program

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - As part of its ongoing effort to support responsible renewable energy development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is holding a public scoping meeting in Salt Lake City to solicit feedback on the recently announced programmatic environmental impact statement for the BLM’s utility-scale solar energy planning.


Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN discussed on Jan. 31 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a four page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


BLM approves management plan for San Juan Islands National Monument

News Release: San Juan Islands, WA - The Bureau of Land Management announced today that the San Juan Islands National Monument Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Record of Decision (ROD) is available to review on their ePlanning site at.


Cockrell's Orphan Brigade

News Release: Throughout the summer season, join Park staff or a volunteer outside of the Bunker Hill Lodge for a "Decisive Day Talk." These talks provide an overview of the Battle of Bunker Hill and its memory. Hear the stories of the colonial militiamen who constructed the redoubt where the Bunker Hill Monument...


63rd Georgia Picket Line

News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: Member of the Boston Vigilance Committee, abolitionist, japanner. Date of Birth: May 7, 1806. Date of Death: May 16, 1882. William Blakemore served in the Boston Vigilance Committee, an organization that provided essential services to freedom seekers coming to and through Boston...


Podcast 121: Practicing Engaged Archaeology

News Release: 1829. Antonio Armijo leads the first trade caravan from Abiquiú to Los Angeles, opening the Old Spanish Trail. 1831. William Wolfskill and George C.Yount blaze a more northern route that ascends into central Utah before heading southwest into California. 1834. José Avieta and 125 men arrive at Los...


News Release: 4,000 BP. During the Archaic Period people were living in brush huts near the floodplain of the Rio Grande in what is now Keystone Park. Human occupation of the Rio Grande Valley dates to at least 12,000 years ago. 1521. Aztec ruler Moctezuma II surrenders Tenochtitlán to Spanish conquistador Hernán...


Common Raven

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New US Route 209 Commercial Vehicle Exemption Signed into Law

News Release: The history of women rangers in the National Park Service (NPS) was believed to start with Yosemite and Mount Rainier national parks in 1918, followed by Yellowstone in 1920. New information confirms that Wind Cave National Park, which had a third of the visitors of these other parks in 1917, hired the...


Weir Farm NHP Year in Review - 2022

News Release: 14 miles southeast of Greenwater, Washington on Mather Memorial Parkway (SR410).