News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

News Release: The National Park Service Wildland Fire Program welcomes Stephanie Auten to the Wildland Fire Planning & Budget team as a budget analyst. She will be supporting the servicewide wildland fire budget and the incident business program areas.

AT-20-02C: Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) III C2;Photogrammetric Aerial Surveys to Improve Detection and Classification of Seabirds, Cetaceans, and Sea Turtles grant opened on June 6.

News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - Collin Ewing, a natural resource professional with 20 years experience in the West, has been named manger of the Bureau of Land Management’s Arcata Field Office on California’s North Coast. He reports for duty in Arcata on Aug. 8.

News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office will issue seasonal fire restrictions effective Monday, June 6, for all BLM-managed public lands in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Yuba counties. Seasonal fire restrictions are in addition to the BLM year-round statewide fire prevention order and will remain in effect until further notice.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service is taking steps to improve visitor safety along the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail by installing mile-markers. These markers will allow visitors to accurately describe their location in the case of an emergency to law-enforcement or rescue personnel. The NPS plans to start installing the mile-markers on June 7.

News Release: TUPELO, Miss. - On June 6, 2022, the National Park Service (NPS) will begin construction of a temporary safety barrier on Double Arch Bridge (Milepost 438) near Nashville, Tennessee. Motorists and bicyclists should expect one-lane closures, 10-to-15-minute traffic delays, and Birdsong Hollow pullout to be closed. The bridge will be closed to pedestrians and hikers for the project duration.

News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. June 6, 2022 - As of this afternoon, ignitions are complete on the 2022 Ash Mountain Prescribed Burn in Sequoia National Park. In all, approximately 15 acres between the Sequoia National Park entrance station and the Foothills Visitor Center, one mile inside the park were treated. Additional acres will be treated manually through the grazing of the parks’ stock animals or through weed eating.

News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Entertain your kids all summer long with fun and educational programs at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. The Trails Center offers free youth programs every Saturday at 10 a.m.

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join a ranger-led hike in June and climb to the top of the famous Mount Baldy. The hikes take place on Friday June 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm and on Sunday June 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. In addition to these daytime hikes, enjoy a sunset hike...

News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is excited to announce that the Camp Nelson National Monument Visitor Center and Museum will be open 7-days a week starting on Memorial Day (Monday, May 30, 2022) through Labor Day (September 5, 2022). The building will be open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The grounds remain open sunrise to sunset. We are offering daily guided tours of the park's grounds starting on Friday, June 3, 2022.

News Release: (MALTA, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing a withdrawal of more than 900 acres at the Zortman-Landusky Mine reclamation area, in addition to the lands previously proposed for withdrawal on October 7, 2020. The total acreage of the two withdrawals would cover approximately the same area as the previous 20-year withdrawal that expired in 2020.

Grand Canyon National Park and Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps receive National Park Foundation grant for Native Conservation Corps

Jazz Ambassadors to perform at Little Rock Central High School NHS

Increased Fire Restrictions Beginning May 25 at Eight Southern Arizona National Park Sites, including Saguaro National Park

U. S. Park Police Seeks Information Regarding Road Rage Incidents