News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

News Release: This is Part 3 of "What Daddy and Mother Did in the War," by their daughter, Stephanie Johnson Dixon. Read Part 2 first.

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. About 17 species of oaks are found in the Chisos Mountains. They can be difficult to identify due to their tendency to hybridize between species. Several notable species along this trail include Emory...

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 46°18'52.56"N 116°42'38.66"W. Significance: One of the catholic missions established on the Nez Perce Reservation. OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. MANAGED BY: Private property. Protestant missionaries had an established presence in Nez Perce country for over twenty years when Father Cataldo arrived...

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. One of the more common birds heard and seen in the Chisos Mountains is the rufous-crowned sparrow. A larger sparrow, at six inches in length, rufous-crowned sparrows are an easier sparrow to identify.

News Release: This article was developed from two oral history interviews that Perri Meldon and Lu Ann Jones conducted with Eileen Szychowski in January and February 2022. It is part of the initiative Telling Our Untold Stories: Civil Rights and the National Park Service. The interview will be archived at the NPS History Collection, Harpers Ferry Center.

News Release: Golden Gate National Recreation Area currently occupies six buildings at the Presidio that house the park’s Facility Management division. Three of these buildings are administered by the Presidio Trust and three by the National Park Service (NPS). This project funded by the Great American Outdoors Act...

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: The second of three picnic areas on south Hwy 62. Amenities. 1 listed. Picnic Table. Upstream from this picnic area three streams merge into Annie Creek increasing the water volume as it spills over boulders creating the falls. The sound of cascading water bellows up through the...

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Scenic View/Photo Spot. Turn around and look towards the Window. This high location sometimes affords a fantastic view of the desert and the towns of Study Butte and Terlingua to the west of the park. Air quality determines how much you can see...

News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park has many wonderful picnic areas to choose from on both the east and west sides of the park.

News Release: July 4 has long been celebrated in the United States as Independence Day; however, the date was also significant date in the life of Ulysses S. Grant. On July 4, 1855, Ulysses and Julia Grant’s third child and only daughter was born on the White Haven property. Later, Grant’s famous victory during the...

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Lost Mine Trail. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Nolina, also known as bear grass or basketgrass, closely resembles sotol, but it's leaf edges have a rough sandpapery feel instead of little teeth. Nolina sends up a short grassy bloom stalk every...

IIJA Bureau of Land Management Colorado Threatened and Endangered Species Program grant opened on Jan. 26.

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: These restrooms are located at the back of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, near Baltimore Street. GPS: 39.821742, -77.230228. Amenities. 1 listed. Restroom - Accessible. The restrooms located within the Gettysburg National Cemetery are open year-round. Gettysburg National Military...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, announced today that a Record of Decision was signed by Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, Mississippi Valley Division Commanding General, on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) mitigation feature.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will modify the Department of the Army permit for the BP Cherry Point Marine Terminal’s North Wing dock. Modification will ensure the permit complies with the Magnuson Amendment’s restrictions regarding the handling of crude oil at Puget Sound facilities, and Endangered Species Act and other applicable legal requirements through additional permit conditions.