News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

OIA Provides $431,805 to Support Air Transportation Services in the Western Pacific

OIA Announces $653,000 to Support Underserved Pacific Islander Communities in the United States

he Department of the Interior announced Tuesday that more than 5,500 landowners with partial ownership at the Crow Creek Reservation were offered $5 million to purchase their properties through the Department’s Land-Buy-Back program for Tribal nations.

News Release: GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Utah/Ariz. - Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is returning to Stage One Fire Restrictions. The restrictions on campfires are eased, allowing campfires in established campgrounds within established rings and below the high-water mark on Lake Powell in areas completely void of vegetation. Discharge or use any kind of fireworks or other pyrotechnic devices are always prohibited on all federal public lands.

Yellowstone National Park officials are speaking optimistically about recovery from devastating floods earlier this month while the Associated Press reports come-back costs could be "upwards of $1 billion."

News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The BLM California Desert District is seeking additional applicants interested in serving on subgroups that assist the Desert Advisory Council, a citizen-based advisory committee that develops recommendations for the BLM on public land management issues. Responsibilities include...

News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 945,390 visitors to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in 2021 spent $61,521,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 881 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $78,685,000.

Water Conservation Field Services Program Financial Assistance for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 grant opened on June 24.

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that visitors to national parks in Maine spent $490 million in 2021. The total of 4.1 million visits supported 7,070 jobs and had a cumulative economic output of $770 million.

News Release: EMINENCE, Mo. - Ozark National Scenic Riverways will celebrate Independence Day with a summertime concert on Saturday, July 2, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Alley Spring and Mill.

WaterSMART Water Conservation Field Services Program grant opened on June 24.

News Release: VAN BUREN, Mo. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,328,773 visitors to Ozark National Scenic Riverways in 2021 spent $64,433,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 886 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $73,856,000.

News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Martha Williams and Senator Jeff Merkley joined science experts and policymakers at the first-ever Monarch Butterfly Summit in Washington, DC, on June 22-23, 2022.

News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 349,244 visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in 2021 spent $25.1 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 312 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $27.4 million.

News Release: With the recent rain, a forecast for continued moisture and reduced fire danger, Bandelier National Monument will lift Stage II and III fire restrictions at 9:00 am on Friday, June 24, 2022. All campgrounds, wilderness and backcountry areas and trails will be open to the public with a few exceptions.