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News Release: Dr. Douglas Wilson is the 2011 recipient of the John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archeology. Dr. Wilson is an archaeologist for the Pacific West Regional Office of the National Park Service, based at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, WA. The completion of...
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BLM to reopen Calico Early Man Site

News Release: BARSTOW, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reopening the Calico Early Man Site, an archaeological site about 15 miles northeast of Barstow in San Bernardino County after completing remediation to eliminate public safety hazards.
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Report shows record visitation at Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site in 2022

News Release: The John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archeology is awarded annually to honor the long and distinguished career and pioneering contributions of Dr. John L. Cotter. The award was established as inspiration for student and professional archeologists to continue Dr. Cotter’s model of excellence. The award recognizes the archeological accomplishments of NPS staff or a partnership researcher within a unit or units of the National Park System.
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Bunker Hill: Changing Memories

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Niobrara/Missouri Confluence

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Interior Department discusses Endangered Wildlife; Recovery Permit Applications on March 1

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Keweenaw Heritage Sites Program is Accepting Applications

News Release: The 2003 John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archeology has been awarded to William J. Hunt, Jr., NPS Midwest Archeological Center, and Annalies Corbin, PAST Foundation for the Marshall/Firehole Hotel Underwater Archaeology Project at Yellowstone National Park. NPS Director Fran Mainella presented the award to Dr. Hunt and Dr. Corbin at the George Wright Society conference in San Diego.
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BLM Wheatland Off-Range Corral to reopen for wild horse and burro adoptions

News Release: Wheatland, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Wheatland Off-Range Corral is reopening for wild horse and burro adoptions this spring after a yearlong closure. To celebrate its reopening, the BLM is offering approximately 700 wild horses and burros in an online adoption event scheduled for March 13-20. More wild horses may be included for adoption prior to the event.
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Bad River Encounter

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Green Book Cleveland: Remembering Black Recreation and Resistance in Northeast Ohio

News Release: The annual John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Park Archeology was made to Jeffrey F. Burton, staff archeologist at Western Archeological and Conservation Center, Tucson, for his recent work at Manzanar NHS. A presentation was made on April 18, 2001, during an annual meeting of NPS archeologists in New Orleans.
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Reducing Laundry Microfibers

News Release: The John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in National Park Service Archeology is awarded annually to honor the long and distinguished career and pioneering contributions of Dr. John L. Cotter. The award was established as inspiration for student and professional archeologists to continue Dr. Cotter’s model of excellence. The award recognizes the archeological accomplishments of NPS staff or a partnership researcher within a unit or units of the National Park System.
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Bunker Hill: Construction of the Monument

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Elk Point Election Site

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Not Invisible Act Commission Announces Field Hearings to Begin this Spring

News Release: WASHINGTON - This week, as part of the continued work by the Departments of the Interior and Justice to implement the Not Invisible Act and combat the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP), Secretary Deb Haaland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco hosted the first in-person plenary ...
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Busy Spring Break Expected at Big Bend

News Release: The NPS has announced the winners of the 2016 John L. Cotter Award for Excellence in NPS Archeology. This award is presented to archeologists who excel in scientific archeological research, community involvement, and public education.
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DOI-BLM offers new grant application process starting March 1

FY23 IIJA Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakota Environmental Quality and Protection grant opened on March 1.
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Podcast 123: Dutton's Dirty Diggers

News Release: In honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Fort Stanwix National Monument is proud to present a new exhibit entitled "Women & the Military: What is Service?".
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Interior Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey on Feb. 28

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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