News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

As temperatures cool, Death Valley National Park is opening campgrounds. The National Park Service (NPS) and Caltrans are making progress reopening flood-damaged roads.

The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 1:00pm on Wednesday October 19th, 2022.

For a second year in a row, the National Park Service (NPS) is providing supplemental water at the Tomales Point Tule Elk Reserve within Point Reyes National Seashore (Seashore) in response to ongoing drought conditions.

 Due to the continued small size of harvestable razor clams on Kalaloch beach, Olympic National Park will not hold a 2022/2023 recreational razor clam harvest season.Each summer, biologists from Olympic National Park, the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN), the Hoh Indian Tribe (Hoh), and the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) conduct razor clam assessments.

A fire on Sunday afternoon, October 9, at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park’s newly acquired Kahuku-Pōhue parcel, was extinguished thanks to a coordinated response from Hawaiʻi County and National Park Service firefighter crews.Hawaiʻi County Fire Department arrived first to the remote location and used a brush truck and two tankers from Ocean View and Pāhala to put out the fire.

Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent, Ed Keable, has announced the availability of a prospectus for a business opportunity in the park to provide lodging, food and beverage, retail, and other visitor services on the North Rim.

Some of the state’s most at-risk youth from Hawai‛i Girls Court spent three days and two nights in Haleakalā National Park as part of an immersive outdoor experience.

Salem Maritime National Historic Site announces that a contract has been awarded for approximately $1.3 million to repair Friendship of Salem.

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input and holding virtual public meetings on a proposed project to rehabilitate (replace and upgrade) up to 9 miles of fence at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, located on the island of Molokai in Hawai’i.

Beginning Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the Life of the Marsh Trail and Life of the Forest Trail will be closed for construction.

Julie Bennett has been selected as the new specialist for the Incident Business program within National Park Service Branch of Wildland Fire, replacing Christine Peters, who retired last year.

The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Upper Snake Field Office, is temporarily closing the Teton Park Road across the Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National Park on an intermittent basis from Oct. 11 through Oct. 29 to perform crane work on the dam.

Funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), Yosemite National Park was recently awarded an approximately $31.6 million construction contract to upgrade the historic Ahwahnee Hotel.

Valles Caldera National Preserve has prepared an environmental assessment to analyze impacts associated with proposed infrastructure improvements in the park’s Valle Grande District. These improvements are intended to enhance recreational opportunities, accessibility, and protection of the park’s natural and cultural values.

Learn how to prevent fires in your home during Fire Prevention Week (October 9 – 15). This year marks 100 years of the event and is focused on "Fire won't wait. Plan your escape.