News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

Big Bend National Park Donates Wildland Fire Engine to Town of Marathon, Texas

Point Reyes National Seashore Superintendent Receives Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award

Blues at the Arch Festival

Boardwalk repair work to begin on the Beech Forest Trail

Big South Fork NRRA Celebrates 30 Years of Haunting in the Hills Storytelling Festival

News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has closed Mauna Loa Road to the public from the gate at the Kīpukapuaulu parking lot due to a wildfire and fire suppression efforts. Only authorized vehicles are permitted until further notice.

News Release: Washington - The National Park Service (NPS) will hold a virtual public scoping meeting on Tuesday, July 19 for the development of an Environmental Assessment for a proposed project to repair and rehabilitate the seawalls around the Tidal Basin and in West Potomac Park. Following the meeting, comments may be submitted on the project website starting July 19 through September 12.

News Release: Copper Center, AK - On Monday, July 11, 2022, 65-year-old Peter Townsend from Homer, AK sustained lower leg injuries from a ground-level fall on the Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve near Kennecott, AK.

News Release: Jemez Springs, NM - The National Park Service is initiating a wilderness eligibility assessment of lands within Valles Caldera National Preserve. Members of the public are invited to inform this assessment by sending information about the wilderness character of the preserve’s lands to the National Park Service at e-mail us or via mail at PO Box 359, Jemez Springs, NM 87025.

Experienced Services Program grant opened on July 12.

News Release: Copper Center, AK - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve has announced the release of a prospectus soliciting proposals for Hunting Guide Services.

News Release: Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi Island - Today, Trust for Public Land (TPL) transferred ownership and stewardship of Pōhue Bay to the National Park Service, preserving the area’s unique natural and cultural resources from development. The 16,451-acre parcel-from Māmalahoa Highway to the shoreline-is now part of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

The Supreme Court recently ruled to allow state-level prosecution on Native American lands, specifically the prosecution of non-Natives who commit crimes on tribal lands. The decision will partially overturn previous SCOTUS rulings about jurisdiction on Native American lands.

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation honored six employees during the Administrative Professional of the Year awards, held June 27.

LWCF State Assistance Formula Grants - State Planning - FY22 Cycle 2 grant opened on July 12.