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News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The National Park Service has awarded a contract to AMA Diversified Construction Group, a company based out of Torrance, California, to revitalize the trailhead parking lot at Cheeseboro Canyon in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA).
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DOI-BIA offers new grant application process starting Aug. 24

Tribal Tourism Grant Program (TTGP) grant opened on Aug. 24.
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Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee discussed on Aug. 24 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a five page rule on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Public Meeting of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee discussed on Aug. 24 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; New Mexico; Oklahoma discussed on Aug. 24 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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New notice from Land Management Bureau to be published on Aug. 25

There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 25.
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Fatality at Lake Crescent

News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: On August 23 at 11:30 a.m., Olympic National Park dispatch was notified of a possible drowning at Lake Crescent. Forty-three-year-old Tou Yang, visiting from Robbinsdale, Minnesota, jumped from a 40-foot cliff at the popular swimming area known as “Devil's Punchbowl," resurfaced but...
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Interior Department discusses Tribal Tourism Grant Program; Solicitation of Proposals on Aug. 24

The US Interior Department published a six page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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NPS grants $2.1 million to tribes and museums to ensure 'the preservation of Indigenous culture'

The National Park Service (NPS) recently revealed $2.1 million in grants to assist with repatriation of ancestral remains and sacred objects.
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National Park Service awards nearly $1.2 million to preserve sites of armed conflict

News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) awarded $1,198,379.54 in Preservation Planning Grants today to 14 preservation partners. Grant recipients will use these funds to conduct archeological site surveys, interpretive planning, oral history interviews, and other documentation at battlefields and sites of armed conflict.
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Bonita Canyon Drive Closure

News Release: WILLCOX, AZ - Due to recent monsoon rains at Chiricahua NM, Bonita Canyon Drive is closed to all traffic beyond the Bonita Canyon Campground. Significant rockfall and treefall has been occurring with each rain event the park has had over the past week on park roads and trails. Staff have been and will...
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Notice published on Aug. 23 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Aug. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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“NATHANIEL P. REED HOBE SOUND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE” published by the Congressional Record on Dec. 21, 2018

The Congressional Record published “NATHANIEL P. REED HOBE SOUND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE” in the House section on Dec. 21, 2018.
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“UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--H.R. 3764” published by the Congressional Record on Dec. 20, 2018

The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--H.R. 3764” on Dec. 20, 2018.
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New notice from Land Management Bureau to be published on Aug. 24

There are two releases scheduled to be published on Aug. 24.
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Congressional Record publishes “BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PUMPED STORAGE HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT ACT” on Dec. 22, 2018

“BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PUMPED STORAGE HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT ACT“ was published in the Senate section on pages S8034-S8036 on Dec. 22, 2018
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Zion National Park ends search

News Release: SPRINGDALE, Utah - On Monday, Aug. 22, Jetal Agnihotri of Tucson, Ariz. was found in the Virgin River near the Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park and was later pronounced deceased by a medical examiner. The National Park Service has ended the search and rescue operation that began on Friday, August 19.
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Former Cape Hatteras National Seashore employee receives U.S. Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Medal

News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - Former Cape Hatteras National Seashore law enforcement ranger, Valerie Streiff, received the U.S. Coast Guard’s Silver Lifesaving Medal this morning for her efforts to save visitors from a rip current on Oct. 18, 2020.
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Nashville man issued multiple citations for graffiti vandalism

News Release: TUPELO, Miss. - National Park Service (NPS) rangers cited a man caught in the act of spray painting the TN 96 bridge on Natchez Trace Parkway. The 20-year-old man from Nashville, Tennessee was spotted by a NPS employee, who reported it to law enforcement officers.
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DOI-BOEM grant application closes on Sept. 23

NT-22-01: Capacity Building and Collaboration with the Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribes grant opened on Aug. 23.
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