News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

News Release: The National Parks of Western Pennsylvania (WEPA) will celebrate the 106th birthday of the National Park Service with a special event, WEPA in a Weekend, on Thursday, August 25 through Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. WEPA includes the following five parks: Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Friendship Hill National Historic Site.

There were 17 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending July 16, according to the Federal Register.

News Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday, designated as “Great American Outdoors Day,” the Department of the Interior will celebrate the two-year anniversary of the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). The law, which passed with strong bipartisan support, is the single largest investment in public lands in U.S. history and provides funding for much-needed maintenance of infrastructure in our national parks, public lands and Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools.

News Release: Los Alamos, NM - Early this week, Bandelier Rangers and Preservationists discovered damage in a highly visited and very popular area on the Pueblo Loop Trail known as Cave Kiva. Kivas are sacred sites and centers for religious and social life for Pueblo People today, just as they were for their ancestors.