By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Friday Harbor, WA. Significance: Historic and Scientific Site. MANAGED BY: University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs. False Bay is one of many stunning and diverse ecosystems on San Juan Island. At low tide, the water recedes from its shallow mudflats, revealing marine life that...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: Buffalo Soldier and Tuskegee Airman. Place of Birth: Washington, D.C. Date of Birth: Dec. 18, 1912. Place of Death: Washington, D.C. Date of Death: July 4, 2022. Place of Burial: Arlington, Virginia. Cemetery Name: Arlington National Cemetery. Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., was...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: As Indian Prime Minister (1947-1964), he came to the United States in 1956 and was the first head of state to visit the Eisenhower home and farm, and the only visiting world leader to stay overnight (December 17-18, 1956). Place of Birth: Allahabad, India. Date of Birth: November...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Round Spring Loop Trail is a 3 mile loop that starts and ends at the north end of the Current River pedestrian bridge at Round Spring across from Carr's Canoe Rental. The Ozark Trail and trail to Echo Bluff State Park can be accessed via this loop.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Saratoga, TX. OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. MANAGED BY: Privately Owned. Oil production in Saratoga began in the late 1800s and continues to this day. In 1860, John Fletcher Cotten discovered an oil seep nearby-his hogs had been wallowing in it-and constructed a primitive oil well on the site.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Introduction. This report is an executive summary of testing undertaken by NCPTT in partnership with the Cane River Creole National Historical Park (CARI) and Quality Finish. In December 2003 meetings were held to discuss applying limewash to the brick cabins at Magnolia Plantation in hopes of prolonging...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Ohanapecosh. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. The forest may look very much the same from one place to another, but the environmental factors, such as light, water, temperature, and soil, determine which individuals will survive in a particular location.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: San Juan Island’s landscape is a feast for the senses. You can easily reach high points for a panoramic view of the Olympic mountain range, the North Cascades, and surrounding islands. On clear days, you can even spy the distant outline of Mount Rainier over 120 miles away!.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: With a grant from NCPTT, the University of Oregon created a draft manual for management response to the impacts of climate change on cultural landscapes. This is a work in progress and the manual is projected to be available in the fall of 2016. The manual is based on a review of climate literature...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Ohanapecosh. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Is it bad when a tree dies? Or does it provide a benefit to the forest? There is a large tree stump in the forest to your right acting as a nurse log. Life in the forest begins in many ways. Here seedlings...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Eleven teachers and administrators enrolled in a pilot course, "Preservation Skills for Building Trades Teachers" developed by the University of Vermont (UVM) with assistance from Historic Windsor's Preservation Institute. Funding for the development of the course, a resource guide, and scholarship assistance for enrollees was provided by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: The Hike to Lexington Arch is a 5 mile round trip hike through old forest fire burn. Lexington Arch is one of the largest limestone arched in the world at over 200 feet tall. This hike is exposed to the sun the entire hike and also gains 1400 feet.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: An individual’s annual home range is the area it uses to acquire what it needs for the year, such as finding food, shelter, and mates. For brown (grizzly) bears, their movements are limited to when they leave their dens in spring and when they enter them in the fall. Annual home range size can be influenced...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: PREPARED BY: The University of Texas at San Antonio's Center for Cultural Sustainability-part of the College of Architecture, Construction and Planning. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Professor William A. Dupont. Co-Principal investigators: Dr. Hazem Rashed-Ali | Dr. Randall D. Manteufel | Dr. Suat Gunhan...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: Abolitionist, Activist. Place of Birth: Kentucky. Date of Birth: 1813. Place of Death: Boston, Massachusetts. Date of Death: December 1893. Place of Burial: Everett, Massachusetts. Cemetery Name: Woodlawn Cemetery. Harriet Bell Hayden, a prominent abolitionist and activist, sheltered...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Ohanapecosh, 1.5 miles north of the SR123 southern boundary, 11.5 miles northeast of Packwood. Amenities. 6 listed. Grill, Parking - Auto, Picnic Table, Restroom, Trash/Litter Receptacles, Water - Drinking/Potable. Season: Summer (May to September). Ohanapecosh Picnic Area is typically...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: Muir Woods. Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, US. Date of Birth: 29 March, 1864. Place of Death: Kentfield, California, US. Date of Death: March 13, 1928. Place of Burial: Oakland, California. “When we save nature we save up an un-diminishing hoard of peace and joy for millions...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2023
News Release: In February 2022, Gateway National Recreation Area completed a hazard fuels reduction project in Queens, NY. The project, around a large, densely populated neighborhood near Jamaica Bay, involved mechanical treatment to establish both a fuel break and defensible space that would provide an anchor should...
