News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

The Bureau of Land Management recently named the new state director for BLM Colorado.

There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 10.

News Release: GLACIER BAY, ALASKA - The National Park Service (NPS) is pleased to announce the start of a Marine Management planning process that will guide future management decisions in ~537,000 acres of Glacier Bay National Park marine waters. As part of this effort, the NPS will consider changes to vessel quotas...

There is one release scheduled to be published on Aug. 9.

News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - State Route 190 will remain closed through at least August 17 as Caltrans maintenance crews continue to clean up after last week’s flash floods.

News Release: Queens, N.Y. - The National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the conviction of the person(s) responsible for the intentional destruction of at least one American oystercatcher egg at the border of the Breezy Point Co-Operative and the National Park Service’s Gateway National Recreation Area Breezy Point Unit, Rockaway Point, New York.

News Release: Contact: Clayton Hanson. 307-837-2221, FOLA_Visitor_Information@nps.gov. Meet Fort Laramie’s Famous and Faceless During Western Encounters. FORT LARAMIE, WYO., August 8, 2022 - Visit Fort Laramie National Historic Site during the weekend of August 12-14, 2022, for the annual special...

News Release: DEL RIO, TEXAS - Amistad National Recreation Area will implement a fee increase and online reservation system for group campsite permits beginning Oct. 1, 2022. All other fees will remain the same and the standard campsites will remain available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Bureau of Reclamation recently celebrated the completion of the Lower Yellowstone Intake Diversion Dam Fish Passage Project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

News Release: Copper Center, AK-At approximately 3:50 p.m. on August 7, 2022, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) was notified of a plane crash near Ptarmigan Lake in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve after a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) was activated belonging to a Cessna 172. The pilot, Christopher...

News Release: WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service (NPS) today announced $2.1 million in grants to nine Indian Tribes and 20 museums to assist in the consultation, documentation and repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural items as part of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).

News Release: Twentynine Palms, California-On Monday, August 8, 2022, Joshua Tree National Park management closed the south boundary road, as well as a five-mile stretch of Pinto Basin Road between Porcupine Wash and Turkey Flats due to severe flooding. Park staff have evacuated all visitors from the southern portion...

News Release: In coordination with the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD), Rocky Mountain National Park is hosting the event “Fly Fishing in the Rockies" on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. This event will take place on the Colorado River at the Holzwarth Historic Site on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park from 9:00 a.m. to noon. This 1-day event will include free fly fishing workshops for individuals of all ages with permanent disabilities.

News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Cape Cod National Seashore welcomes the Cape Symphony back to the shores of Salt Pond in Eastham for an outdoor concert at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, August 26. This is the fifth “Symphony at the Seashore" performance, an enduring legacy of the 2016 National Park Service Centennial. Admission is free and tickets are not required.

There were two notices published by the Interior Department in week ending Aug. 13, according to the Federal Register.