News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, invites the public and media to attend a christening ceremony for the Derrickboat Kolber at the USACE Ohio Areas Office, Monday October 24 at 11am. Following the ceremony, public tours of the vessel will be available until 4 p.m.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that portions of Kendall Campground and Day Use Area, to include its boat ramp and roadway along the riverside campground, are closing for repairs Oct. 24, 2022, through early April 2023 to rehabilitate flood damage sustained in February 2019.

The last day residents can apply for Operation Blue Roof has been extended through Nov. 1 for homeowners in Lee, Sarasota, DeSoto, Charlotte and Collier counties affected by Hurricane Ian.

Lots of exciting learning activities and crafts await you at the KIDS’ DISCOVERY CENTER!

Communing with, and through, nature

Did you know there’s a national treasure in your backyard?A mere 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, lies the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management confirmed the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Pacific Ocean.

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Kentucky today to announce a $74,252,680 investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AML) in the state. This is ...

News Release: North Bend, Ore. - The road that accesses the Doerner Fir Trail in eastern Coos County will be closed temporarily while forest management activities occur on nearby private lands. Bureau of Land Management road 27-9-21.0 will be closed starting on Oct. 20, 2022. The closure is expected to last approximately three months.

News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management Paria River District will transition to a winter operating schedule for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s four visitor centers and the Kanab Field Office’s Paria Contact Station beginning Nov. 18, 2022.

News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - On Oct. 19, at approximately 2:19 p.m., the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office (Sheriff’s Office) received a report that an adult male was using spray paint to vandalize a petroglyph panel within the La Cieneguilla Petroglyph Area. Sheriff’s Office deputies were on the scene by 2:34 p.m. and detained the suspect for questioning.

News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central California Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet virtually on Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. The public must register in advance to participate.

News Release: NEVADA - The Bureau of Land Management Fire program is hosting a hiring webinar on Thursday, October 27th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific. Registration information can be found here:.

BLM-National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Primary Announcement (Four Task Statements) grant opened on Oct. 21.