News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

News Release: STUART, Fla. - Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz was in Florida last week to highlight investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will facilitate the removal of barriers to fish passage and reopen access to miles ...

News Release: Salt Flat, Texas - Effective Wednesday June 29, the following areas of Guadalupe Mountains National Park are open for day use.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - As part of a multi-stop tour, Bureau of Land Management Artist in Residence, Native American jazz trumpeter Delbert Anderson and his group D’DAT are headed to California to teach in music workshops, and then perform in concert to celebrate America’s public lands.

News Release: HAWAII NATIONAL PARK, Hawaiʻi - A new National Park Service report announced that 1.3 million visitors to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park in 2021 spent an estimated $117 million in local communities. That local spending supported 1,220 jobs and had a total benefit to the island of Hawaiʻi of $154 million.

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management will host an additional, virtual public meeting to hear comments regarding oil and gas lease sale decisions made by the Rio Puerco and Farmington field offices. These decisions authorized the lease of 42 parcels for oil and gas development, pursuant to the December 2018 Rio Puerco Field Office lease sale, November 2019 Rio Puerco Field Office lease sale, and February 2020 Rio Puerco and Farmington field offices lease sale.

News Release: KULA, Maui ­­- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 853 thousand people visiting Haleakalā National Park in 2021 spent $61 million in the local communities on Maui. That spending supported 589 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $76.7 million.

News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - Who’s looking for an adventure this Fourth of July Weekend? An adventure exploring Oregon’s Outback, a place often overlooked by highway motorists on their way to well-known attractions. For those with the time and desire to turn off the beaten track onto a country road, the 93-mile-long Christmas Valley Back Country Byway provides access to breathtaking high desert landscapes and unique geological features.

News Release: Tucson, Ariz. (June 27, 2022) --- Effective Monday, June 27, 2022, fire restrictions have been lifted on state and federal agencies’ lands throughout Southeastern Arizona. Widespread precipitation across the area, additional rain in the weather forecast, and a rise in fuel moisture, have decreased the likelihood of a wildfire.

The $9 million for sagebrush ecosystem restoration and conservation in eight Western states, announced by the U.S. Department of the Interior earlier this month, is an investment in natural systems resilience, said Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in a news release.

News Release: Beginning on July 11, 2022 through Aug. 25, 2022, three boat-in campgrounds will be closed to all public access to replace the pit toilets with vault toilet facilities.

Chair Grijalva Celebrates Bipartisan House Passage of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

Chair Grijalva, Sen. Heinrich Introduce Two Bills to Elevate the Role of Tribal Nations, Protect Tribal Cultural Sites in Public Land Management

News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya Trujillo visited Puerto Rico last week to see firsthand the hydrologic science and monitoring work being done on the island to help land managers make informed decisions.

News Release: [Harpers Ferry, IA] - The City of Prairie du Chien’s Park and Recreation Department, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are partnering up for ‘Family Fishing Fun Nights’. This 4-week event will be held each Tuesday in July, from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm, at the Washington Street Park in Prairie du Chien, WI. Poles, bait, and fishing assistance will be provided if needed.

News Release: Tourism to the Blue Ridge Parkway Creates $1.3 Billion in Economic Benefits.