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USGS coastal change forecasts provide vital information during coastal storms that can help emergency management officials decide which areas to evacuate, where and when to close coastal roads and where to position clean-up equipment in advance of a storm.
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Pursuing New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration and Characterization

The U.S. Ocean Policy Committee, led by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the White House Council on Environmental Quality, recently released the report Strategic Priorities for Ocean Exploration and Characterization of the United States Exclusive Economic Zone.
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Creating a Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program: Meet Commander KJ Green

Wildland firefighters can spend months away from their families working in arduous, stressful environments.
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Army Corps updates status on Chesapeake City Bridge closures

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District shared an update on ongoing repair work on the Chesapeake City Bridge in Cecil County, Maryland.
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Success at Clearwater Lake’s veteran deer hunt

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted a deer hunt for veterans with service-related disabilities and mobility impaired individuals on Nov. 5 and 6 in the Watchable Wildlife Area of Clearwater Lake.
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2022-11-11-Audio-Description

Are you a collector of the NPS park brochures? You must check out the unique audio described version! Mainly for individuals who are blind or visually impaired, audio description is a method of taking visual images and print and turning them into verbal descriptions.
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Yosemite Declares End of Fire Season

Yosemite National Park experienced widespread precipitation and snow accumulation recently.
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UPDATE: Gatlinburg Trail and Twin Creeks Trail reopen

UPDATE: Gatlinburg Trail and Twin Creeks Trail reopen
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Motor vehicle accident results in fatality

Yesterday, at approximately 11 a.m., Teton Interagency Dispatch Center received a call reporting a motor vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 89 in Grand Teton National Park. Park rangers responded to the scene involving an SUV and a semi-truck near Teton Point Turnout.
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Echo Canyon and Hole in the Wall backcountry roads reopen

Death Valley National Park opened Hole in the Wall Road and Echo Canyon Road on November 9, 2022.
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Everglades National Park reopens Everglades City location

On November 11, Everglades National Park will reopen the Gulf Coast area of the park in Everglades City with limited services. Restrooms, parking and the canoe/kayak launch will reopen to provide paddlers with access to the 10,000 Islands and wilderness camping.
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Winter Returns to Cedar Breaks National Monument

Following the first significant snowfall since early October, Cedar Breaks Scenic Byway (Hwy. 148) and Rim Road (the road through the park) were closed for the season on Tuesday, November 9.
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Zion National Park improves drainage pipes near South Entrance

Starting on or about Monday, November 14, Zion National Park will begin work to improve drainage pipes under the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway near the park’s South Entrance
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Joint General Management Plan for Pullman National Monument and State Historic Site Begins

The National Park Service (NPS) and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) are developing a joint general management plan for Pullman National Monument (Monument) and State Historic Site (Historic Site).
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Beatty entrance to DVNP open

Daylight Pass and Beatty Cutoff Roads opened on Monday, November 7. T
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Anacapa Island Reopens to the Public

Channel Islands National Park is reopening Anacapa Island to public visitation on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
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Fire crews work to suppress 30-acre wildfire in western end of park

On Sunday, November 6, at 11:37 a.m., Blount County notified Great Smoky Mountains National Park that an approximately five-acre wildfire was reported along the western boundary of the park along Highway 129 near mile marker 4.5.
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

On Sunday, November 13th Homestead National Historical Park will celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a ranger-led program.
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West Beach Hike at the National Park

Join a ranger for a hike on one of Indiana Dunes National Park's most popular trails on Sunday, November 13 from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm.
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Bureau of Land Management reissues solicitation seeking services to expand fertility control efforts for wild horses and burros

The Bureau of Land Management has modified and reissued a solicitation seeking new contract services to humanely gather, treat with fertility control, and then release wild horses and burros back to the range.
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