News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

News Release: The North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) began in 1966 in response to concerns raised by Rachel Carson in her book Silent Spring (published four years earlier) regarding the overuse of pesticides. Carson’s emphasis on the effects DDT had on birds led Dr. Chandler Robbins at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to begin the long-term songbird monitoring program.

News Release: Bineshiiyag (“birds" in Ojibwemowin) are a constant presence along the gichi onigamiing from Lake Superior to the Pigeon River. Indeed, they are the most commonly seen or heard wildlife by visitors to the area. Songbirds give voice to the northern forest. They contribute to nagamowin akiing, the singing land.

News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comments to inform development of an environmental assessment and regional mitigation strategy for the proposed Dry Lake East Energy Center Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada. The proposed project is located on 1,635 acres of public land 10 miles northeast of Las Vegas in the Dry Lake East Designated Leasing Area. This area was selected as a preferred location for solar energy development in 2020.

News Release: John Wesley Powell River History Museum Exhibit Audio Description.

News Release: Among the 240 bird species that have been recorded in the Sleeping Bear Dunes area, about 169 of them (70%) nest and raise young here each year. Birds are perhaps the most visible of all the park’s wildlife. They fill the morning with song and the trees with color. This is the only one of the nine network parks where we find Upland Sandpipers, and it’s one of only two parks in our network with Prairie Warblers.

News Release: Wellington, New Zealand - This week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Aotearoa New Zealand at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta to highlight the United States’ role as a Pacific nation and the importance of international cooperation on addressing climate change ...

News Release: Located in Santa Fe, the Poeh Cultural Center, preserves and interprets the essence of what it means to be a Tewa person-to be Pueblo. Like all Tewa Pueblos of northern New Mexico, the Pueblo of Pojoaque or its traditional Po’su wae geh name, which translates to “water gathering place", was systematically...

News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will be burning piles of branches and brush on public lands in the Cloverdale area of west Redding beginning Thursday, Feb. 23, and continuing through Friday, March 3. Smoke will be visible from the communities of Igo and Ono, and from the Platina Union Elementary School.

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Gorham Mountain Trail, old sea cliff. Significance: Fourth stop on the Acadia Earthcache Course. The fourth stop on the Acadia Geocache Course is along Gorham Mountain Trail. N 44° 19.004’. W 68° 11.522’. Reading. Up until now, our story of glaciers has taken you to sites that demonstrate...

News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Northwest, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) will hold a series of meetings on March 29 and 30, 2023, in Glenwood Springs, CO. Virtual participation options will be available for the meetings.

News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on a proposal to set or increase fees at several campgrounds and recreation sites in Beaver and Iron counties in Utah. These fees will enhance the outdoor recreation experience for visitors to the Cedar City Field Office area. By supporting improved maintenance, operations and services at recreation sites, these fees align with Biden-Harris administration priorities to improve recreation access.

News Release: Green River Gap Exhibit Audio Description.

News Release: Paraje is the Spanish word for a place or spot. In the context of El Camino, parajes were places where people would stop and rest during their journey. Parajes were also places where people came together, exchanging goods and news. Many of these rest stops evolved and towns developed around El Camino trade. Many are now major cities in Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico today.

News Release: Please check back in spring for our 2023 Evening on the Lake program schedule!.

News Release: The St. Croix Riverway may host the most diverse birdlife of any of the nine Great Lakes Network parks. Flowing through two broad habitat types known as the boreal hardwood transition and the prairie hardwood transition, one can see birds of the far northern boreal forest such as Canada Warblers and...