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News Release: MILLS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared the February snowmelt runoff forecasts and operating plans for the North Platte River Basin.
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Operational Buildings at Three Idaho Parks to be Rehabilitated through GAOA Funding to Improve Employee Safety and Operations

News Release: You might imagine that, for many wild animals living on Fire Island, water can be a scarce commodity. While there is plenty of water to the south in the Atlantic Ocean, that water is too salty to drink. The same is true of the brackish water north in the Great South Bay. In light of this, the location...
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Washtenong Memorial Park

News Release: Introduction. Fissure volcanoes are produced by eruptions that occur along elongated fissures versus at a central vent. Fissure eruptions occur when magma-filled dikes intersect the surface. Fissure eruptions usually do not build substantial edifices, but instead feed lava flows that can travel great...
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Hiker Fatality along Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park

News Release: We call this “the heart" because it is the space where the trails all converge. From here you may choose to proceed west, down the longer loop to your right, or south, down the trail to your left. This audio tour will continue down the southward trail for one last stop.
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West Pond Habitat and Viewshed Management Open House at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

News Release: What Are Problematic Plants?. Sometimes plants grow in places where they don't naturally occur and some plants can cause damage to ecosystems and even harm people. Exotic plants are nonnative species that are typically introduced into an ecosystem by human actions, whether intentional or not. Invasive...
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Detecting Icing Events

News Release: Introduction. Calderas form when magma chambers are partially emptied during large eruptions and the land surface subsides and the area above the shallow magma reservoir collapses. Explosive calderas form during especially large Plinian and Ultra-Plinian eruptions that send ash columns high into the...
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Copper River and Northwestern Railway

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: East 100ft from the Visitor's Center. Significance: National Cemetery Interring Veterans of Wars. Designation: National Cemetery. Amenities. 9 listed. Information Kiosk/Bulletin Board, Parking - Auto, Parking - Boat Trailer, Parking - Bus/RV, Restroom, Restroom - Accessible, Toilet...
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Snake Soup

News Release: Recipient: Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.
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Registration Open for Annual Oscar Blevins Trail Runs at Big South Fork NRRA

News Release: Introduction. Volcanic fields are clusters of volcanoes or areas covered by volcanic rocks. Monogenetic volcanic fields consist mostly (or exclusively) of monogenetic volcanoes. These volcanoes (cinder cones, maars, tuff rings, and eruptive fissures) each experience one period of activity. Most monogenetic...
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DOI-BLM offers new grant application process starting Feb. 21

FY23 IIJA Bureau of Land Management Nevada Youth and Conservation Corps. grant opened on Feb. 21.
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Staff Spotlight: Mykel King

News Release: Recipient: Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission.
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Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Applications Open for Summer 2023!

News Release: Introduction. Nonexplosive calderas are found at the summit of large shield volcanoes, including Kīlauea and Mauna Loa in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Unlike summit and resurgent calderas, calderas on shield volcanoes do not form during explosive eruptions. Instead they form when the summit area...
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Shaping the System under President Jimmy Carter

News Release: Recipient: Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission.
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DOI-BLM grant application closes on April 24

IIJA Bureau of Land Management California Youth and Conservation Corps. grant opened on Feb. 21.
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2022 Acadia Science Year in Review

News Release: Quick Facts. OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. Amenities. 3 listed. Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Pets Allowed. The cluster of white buildings next to the house served as support structures for the mansion. Their roles were as follows: Pump House. The Pump House was built between 1890...
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Irving Bass

News Release: On May 16, 1866, word of the demise of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau arrived at the office of the Auburn, California newspaper, “The Placer Herald," about 50 days after the youngest member of the Corps of Discovery died in the high desert of eastern Oregon.
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National Park Service awards contract to transform visitor experience at the Lincoln Memorial

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Along the Tour Road, starting at Last Stand Hill. Amenities. 9 listed. Audio Description, Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information, Information Kiosk/Bulletin Board, Parking - Auto, Parking - Boat Trailer, Parking - Bus/RV, Wheelchair Accessible.
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Intern Spotlight: Nina Pulley

News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Trash/Litter Receptacles. This estuary provides a home or stopover for wildlife. But higher seas will submerge the narrow beach strip that makes this special place possible. Earth’s warming temperatures-mostly caused by human actions like burning fossil fuels-are melting...
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“Willow Project (Executive Calendar)” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Feb. 16

“Willow Project (Executive Calendar)“ was published in the Senate section on pages S444-S446 on Feb. 16
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50 Nifty Finds #15: The Art of Politics

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: At the end of the 4.5 mile Tour Road at Little Bighorn Battlefield. Significance: The only survivors of this attack were defending themselves here. Designation: National Battlefield. Amenities. 11 listed. Accessible Sites, Audio Description, Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive...
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