News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

News Release: Pearl Harbor National Memorial will partner with Manhattan Project National Historical Park to remember the 77th Anniversary of the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This Messages of Peace event will include a luminary ceremony hosted on August 7, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs recently announced $7 million in grant funds to protect and preserve native languages.

News Release: Boise, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management has acquired 275 acres of land in the Boise Foothills to increase access to open space and protect important wildlife habitat. The property is located a few miles north of Barber Valley overlooking Table Rock and downtown Boise. The BLM purchased the land from the Alta Harris Family Foundation, a non-profit organization, using money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [July 26, 2022] - On Monday morning, a 79-year-old male from Florida fell to his death while attempting to ascend a steep off-trail slope with a group of friends. The incident occurred several hundred feet above the Two Medicine Campground on Rising Wolf Mountain.

News Release: CHEYENNE, Oklahoma: Due to the forecasted weather for Saturday, Cavalry Day will be postponed until Sept. 17, 2022. Mark your calendars, we look forward to seeing you in September!.

News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - As the warm weather continues and fire danger increases, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District is implementing additional public use restrictions on lands managed by the BLM in south-central Oregon starting July 28, 2022, at 12:01 a.m.

There is one release scheduled to be published on July 26.

News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Glacier Bay National Park has initiated an environmental inspection program focused on large cruise ships that enter the park. Effective immediately, independent inspectors will board ships unannounced to assess operations such as wastewater management, emissions, marine mammal protection, and compliance documentation.

News Release: The Biederman Fire #458, discovered July 4, has been placed in monitor status and all firefighter resources demobilized. The fire will be included on periodic reconnaissance flights performed by the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, which is currently monitoring multiple other lightning-caused...

News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 536,601 recreation visits in June 2022. This is a 43% decrease from June 2021 (938,845 recreation visits), which was the most-visited June on record.

News Release: Sulphur, Okla.- New fire restrictions are now in effect at Chickasaw National Recreation Area due to prolonged drought and dry vegetation. Wood fires, including campfires, are prohibited until further notice.

News Release: Mammoth Cave National Park will mark the 50th Anniversary of the Flint Ridge-Mammoth Cave connection with a special cave tour to the connection site and several public events in the park and local community. The anniversary will take place in early September, but advance cave tour tickets will go on sale Monday, August 1.

News Release: Pecos, NM - Join staff from El Rancho de las Golondrinas on July 30th and 31st to visit with historic reenactors as they demonstrate yucca processing into twine and needles, wool carding and fiber making. This interactive program offers a glimpse into everyday life during the Spanish Colonial period...

News Release: TULELAKE, California - Beginning Monday, July 25, fire restrictions will be in effect.

Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Piedmont - South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit grant opened on July 25.