News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

BLM to host public tour of Sutherland wild horse corrals

BLM seeks comments on Amargosa Valley Solar Energy Zone leasing

BLM kicks off Great Outdoors Month with two acquisitions through the Land and Water Conservation Fund

BLM seeks comments on new segment of Continental Divide National Scenic Trail in New Mexico

Southwest Utah, Northern Arizona to implement fire restrictions

BLM kicks off Great Outdoors Month with two acquisitions through the Land and Water Conservation Fund

News Release: PETERSBURG, Va - On Saturday, June 18, Petersburg National Battlefield will present two programs. The first program, from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, will be a living history event at Tour Stop 3 that will honor “Juneteenth". A living historian will discuss the role of African American troops in the Siege of...

News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park announced today that Mount Doane is now named First Peoples Mountain. Today’s announcement follows a 15-0 vote affirming the change by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), the federal body responsible for maintaining uniform geographic name usage throughout the federal government.

News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The temporary closure to motor vehicle traffic to prevent trail degradation and resource damage on the White Mountains National Recreation Area’s Wickersham Creek, Trail Creek, and Quartz Creek trails will be rescinded on Saturday, June 11, at 12:01 a.m. Once the temporary trail closure is rescinded, the trails will be open to off-highway vehicles (OHVs) following the area’s summer use limitations.

News Release: Reno, Nevada - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations for its Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin and Mojave-Southern Great Basin RACs for vacant positions and positions that will become vacant. The Councils consist of citizens with diverse interests in public land management, including...

News Release: The 32nd annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held from Saturday, June 18, 2022, through Saturday, June 25, 2022, on both the South and North rims of Grand Canyon National Park. National parks such as Grand Canyon are protective havens for some of the last remaining dark skies in the United States. This is the first onsite event since 2019.

There is one release scheduled to be published on June 10.

News Release: Costumed rangers conduct a variety of daily program offerings that vary from day to day.

News Release: WASHINGTON - On World Ocean Day today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued Secretary’s Order 3407, which aims to reduce the procurement, sale and distribution of single-use plastic products and packaging with a goal of phasing out single-use plastic products on Department-managed lands by 2032. ...

News Release: On the morning of June 9, 2022, park rangers located the motorcycle driven by a person reported missing on June 8, at a backcountry campsite. A deceased 58-year-old male was discovered inside a tent, and identified as Jamestown, Tennessee resident Lyndon Bill Baines.