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The US Interior Department published a six page notice on Oct. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on Oct. 12.

Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on Oct. 12.

Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on Oct. 12.

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries conducted a saddle-started wild horse adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on October 8, 2022.

News Release: Kingman, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management Kingman Field Office has authorized the UniSource Antares to Meadview 69 kV Upgrade Project. The project will improve power quality and reliability for customers in the community of Meadview, Mohave County, Arizona.

News Release: The combined efforts of BLM Wyoming, North Wind Construction Services, and the Hot Springs County Sherriff’s Office led to the conviction of two individuals charged with felony depredation of federal lands.

News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Campbell Creek Science Center (CCSC) is introducing a new registration process for fee-based public programs using Recreation.gov.

News Release: HAVRE, Mont. - The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will conduct a dive exam of the outlet works intake and stilling basin at Fresno Dam, 15 miles West of Havre, Montana, Oct. 17, 2022. The outlet works will be closed starting at 9 a.m. and will remain closed until the dive exam is complete, but will not exceed eight hours.

News Release: GLEN ELDER, Kans. - The Bureau of Reclamation has obligated $14 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law toward the Glen Elder Dam Spillway Chute Replacement project located in north central Kansas. The funding is part of a $240 million investment allocated earlier this year from the Infrastructure Law for aging infrastructure projects across the country.

Cooperative Research Units Program Department of the Interior Geological Survey grant opened on Oct. 12.

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are hosting two hiring events to quickly fill 200 wildland firefighter and support positions in California and parts of Nevada, for the 2023 wildland fire year.