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The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $9.9 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Colorado.
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BSEE Names New Source Control Support Coordinator

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced today the selection of James Fletcher as BSEE’s first Source Control Support (SCS) Coordinator.
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Addressing the Threat of Wildfires to Water Supplies: Meet Laura Harger

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation brings water to more than 31 million people and 10 million acres of farmland across the 17 Western states, and it is the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the U.S.
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Reclamation announces increased flows from Friant Dam into the San Joaquin River

The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that releases from Friant Dam into the San Joaquin River are increasing to control the fill rate of Millerton Lake and make room for forecasted inflow.
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Biden-Harris Administration invests $7 million in 82 projects to improve water efficiency

The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a $7 million investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 82 small-scale water efficiency projects across the West.
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Reclamation announces the availability of Section 215 water for American River Division

The Bureau of Reclamation has determined that recent rainfall and storage conditions in Folsom Reservoir make non-storable (Section 215) water available on the American River.
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Massai Leon Presents for Casa Grande Ruins Speaker Series January 11, 2023

The Casa Grande Ruins Speaker Series takes place weekly through January 18, 2023. On January 11, 2023 Casa Grande Ruins will host Massai Leon at 1:00 pm. Massai will present "Projects of the Indigenous Arizona Conservation Corps".
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January 2023 Calendar

The National Park Service (NPS) is excited to announce winter operating hours at Camp Nelson National Monument.
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Black Rock Art Gallery Opening of RUST

Joshua Tree National Park management is pleased to announce a new art exhibition by Joshua Tree-based artist Ben Allanoff.
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Life in the Understory

News Release: What is a wilderness area? . The Wilderness Act of 1964 established the National Wilderness Preservation System, a network of individual wilderness areas on federal public lands. Designating these lands as wilderness areas provides the highest level of protection and can only be done through an act of...
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BLM Implements Seasonal Wildlife Closures for Nesting Birds of Prey in Central Oregon

News Release: Prineville, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is implementing seasonal wildlife closures to protect bald eagles, golden eagles, and prairie falcons during sensitive nesting periods.
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Winter Vistas: The Battle Begins in Earnest

On Saturday, January 14, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special ranger-led hike exploring the events that occurred in the early hours of September 19, 1863.
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Cherokee Orchard Road and Twin Creeks Trail to close January 9 to January 13 for maintenance work

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials will close Cherokee Orchard Road Monday, January 9 through Friday, January 13 while crews install boulders along the road shoulders.
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50 Nifty Finds #9: Green Stamps

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.
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Vicksburg National Cemetery

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Nineteen blocks in the southeast corner of downtown Omaha. It is bounded by 9th, Jackson, and 15th Streets with the southeast portion extending south to Pacific Street. Significance: Industry; Commerce; Transportation. Designation: National Register of Historic Places. MANAGED BY:...
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Life in the Canopy

News Release: Developer John T. Murphy of Murphy Development Group has a special connection to the former Cook County Administration Building-his father and grandfather did their medical residencies in the hospital, and he named the food hall in the recently-rehabilitated building after his uncle, noted Chicago surgeon John B. Murphy.
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BLM seeks input on wild horse management in McCullough Peaks

The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office requests your input as it begins to analyze future wild horse fertility control and bait trap gathers in the McCullough Peaks Herd Management Area east of Cody. The public scoping period is open Jan. 9–Feb. 7, 2023.
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January 2023 Notice of Flight Operations

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces flight operations for January 2023
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BLM plans prescribed fire near Apache Junction

News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management’s Phoenix District is planning a prescribed fire to burn cut and piled brush from about 80 acres of land northeast of Apache Junction. Fire personnel will burn on BLM lands surrounding State Route 88 near Hackamore Road and the Goldfield Ghost Town. Burning may occur over multiple days between January and March as conditions allow.
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