News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

News Release: Salt Flat, Texas - Guadalupe Mountains National Park will reopen the Dog Canyon developed area, including the Indian Meadow Nature Trail, and the Dog Canyon Campground will reopen for overnight use on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022.

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on July 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Socorro Field Office is seeking public comment on the draft environmental assessment for the development and implementation of a travel and transportation management/recreation area management plan for the Johnson Hill (also known as Gordy’s Hill) Special Recreation Management Area. The public comment period is from Aug. 1 to Aug. 30, 2022.

News Release: International Falls, MN: Discover your park after dark at the Voyageurs Star Party, a stellar three-day astronomy festival. The National Park Service and Voyageurs Conservancy are celebrating the natural wonder and cultural heritage of Voyageurs National Park's night skies with our second annual summer...

News Release: VALE, Ore. - Despite a late, wet spring, the risk of wildfire is increasing rapidly across eastern Oregon as hot and dry conditions continue.

BLM IIJA Bureau of Land Management (AK) Wildlife Resource Management grant opened on July 27.

News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers responded to an emergency in Elkmont Campground at approximately 12:30 a.m. on July 27, 2022, after a tree fell on a tent and resulted in the death of a seven-year-old girl from Georgia. The other family members, including father and two siblings, were not injured. The large tree, a red maple, was approximately two feet in diameter. No additional details are available at this time.

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today named Doug Vilsack, the current Assistant Director for Parks, Wildlife and Lands for Colorado’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR), as the new State Director for BLM Colorado. Vilsack will begin work on August 14th, 2022.

News Release: Visitors to the memorial should expect early evening closures starting July 31, 2022. The milling and paving of all roadways at Flight 93 National Memorial are to begin this Sunday and to be completed before the end of August. Road improvements will take place overnight to prevent traffic delays to visitors during the day and will last until project completion.

IIJA Bureau of Land Management (Alaska) Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance grant opened on July 27.

News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - - Superintendent Jeff West announces that for this year’s duck season, the park will continue to use a lottery system to determine the initial order for applicants to register their duck blinds with the park. To ensure a smooth experience in entering the lottery, interested duck...

News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Safford Field Office will host a virtual information forum to share information and receive public input on a right-of-way application from IP Land Holdings LLC for a solar energy project proposed on BLM-managed public lands within a designated solar variance area. The proposed project is the Hopper Renewable Project, in the San Simon Valley, south of Safford.

News Release: VERNAL, Utah - Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office staff invite the public to attend an informational meeting and provide comments on a proposal for a sand quarry on BLM-managed public lands located east of Vernal, in Uintah County. A 30-day public scoping period will provide insight regarding potential sand extraction to help build roads, complete construction projects and for other uses to benefit present and future generations.

News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Visit the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center this Saturday and Sunday for an entire weekend devoted to Native American history.

“Senate Committee Meetings” was published on pages D859-D860 of the Congressional Record on July 27.