News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

Nāhuku lava tube closed for structural monitoring and safety

The Department of the Interior recently announced that the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force concluded its review of more than 660 geographic features with the name sq___, a term that has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women.

News Release: MANTEO, N.C. - The National Park Service has several open government contracts for businesses to bid on at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial.

News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers found the deceased body of a missing Tennessee man in a remote section of the park near Balsam Mountain, North Carolina. Bryce Evans, age 23, of Knoxville, TN, was reported missing by his family earlier this week.

News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [August 5, 2022] - In a July press release Glacier National Park announced a construction project to rehabilitate 13 bridges throughout the park. Since then, work has begun on the Anaconda, Camas, and Dutch Creek Bridges located on the Inside North Fork Road.

News Release: Horseshoe Bend National Military Park Announces Annual Symposium.

News Release: JOHNSON CITY, Texas - Make plans to join Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site in celebrating the 114th anniversary of President Johnson’s birth. At 9:30 am on Saturday, August 27th, the National Park Service will host the annual wreath-laying ceremony at President Johnson’s gravesite in the Johnson Family Cemetery at the LBJ Ranch. The ceremony continues a tradition that Mrs. Claudia “Lady Bird" Johnson began in 1973.

News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a 10-year concessions opportunity for the Bandy Creek Stables and Campground Store located at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Carmen G. Cantor was sworn in today as Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs by Secretary Deb Haaland.

News Release: Relax on the front lawn of Chellberg Farm for an evening of music on Sunday, August 14 and 28, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The Save the Tunes Council is a group of local musicians devoted to preserving and passing on folk songs in the traditional way, using a variety of traditional musical instruments including...

News Release: MOOSE, WY- Travelers in Grand Teton National Park should plan for intermittent delays and closures as road improvement projects are underway in the park. Road improvement operations are expected to occur through Monday, August 22.

News Release: About the National Park Service - More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

News Release: Under the authority of the Federal Land Management Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et. Seq.) and pursuant to 43 CFR 9212.2, this Fire Prevention Order rescinds fire restrictions for all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered public lands within the Arizona Strip District. Effective...

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Biden-Harris administration today announced an important step to continue charting a path forward in a longstanding Columbia River Basin dispute regarding the operation of 14 federal dams and their impacts on the region's salmon, steelhead, and other native fish populations.

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