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News Release: Battery Alexander, fully armed by 1906, mounted eight 12-inch mortars designed to fire shells in a high arc-and then down onto the decks of enemy battleships. Low-trajectory gunfire from nearby batteries, aimed close to the enemy’s waterline, would have joined Battery Alexander’s mortar fire.
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Agate Fossil Beds Celebrates Women and Girls in Science Day With Successful Online Event

News Release: Quick Facts. Significance: Nebraska Homesteader. Place of Birth: Virginia. Date of Birth: 1861. Place of Death: Cherry County, Nebraska. Date of Death: June, 22 1948. Place of Burial: North Buxton, Canada. James A. Hatter was born during slavery to Franklin Hatter and Rebecca McCord. His father was a free...
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Visitor Fatality on the Pinnacles Trail

News Release: The Batteries Loop Trail is an easy 0.3-mile loop that allows visitors to explore former gun fortifications built around 1900 in the Marin Headlands. This trail offers sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean, the colorful sands of Rodeo Beach, and, on exceptionally clear days, the Farallones Islands in the distance. Leashed dogs are allowed on this trail.
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Smith Marker, Stonewall Jackson Died

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Rio Grande Village Nature Trail. Amenities. 3 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Scenic View/Photo Spot, Wheelchair Accessible. Chihuahuan Desert wetlands are rare and unexpected oases which nurture life in the midst of a harsh environment. This life-filled, spring-fed...
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Heritage Days 2023

News Release: Nike Missile Site SF88: Cold-War era defense system By 1945, the age of aerial warfare had fully arrived, and the U.S. Army sought a weapon that could intercept enemy aircraft. In 1951, after years of research and development, a supersonic missile controlled by ground-based electronic equipment was developed-the Nike, named for the Greek Goddess of victory.
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“SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 118TH CONGRESS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Feb. 15

The Congressional Record published “SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 118TH CONGRESS” in the Senate section on Feb. 15.
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29 notices published in week ending Feb. 11 by Interior Department

There were 29 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending Feb. 11, according to the Federal Register.
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Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park is Open

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Rio Grande Village Nature Trail. Amenities. 2 listed. Benches/Seating, Wheelchair Accessible. Sit quietly for a moment and listen. You may hear birds singing and moving about in the reeds, or the subtle splash of a turtle sliding into the pond. Perhaps you will hear the cardinal's...
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The Bench By the Road

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Rio Grande Village Nature Trail. Amenities. 2 listed. Benches/Seating, Wheelchair Accessible. Look for insects and small fish in the water below the boardwalk. Two species of small, inch-long mosquitofish feed on insect and mosquito larvae. The Big Bend Mosquitofish, Gambusia gaigei...
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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” published by the Congressional Record in the House section on Feb. 14

“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.“ was published in the House section on pages H835-H837 on Feb. 14
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Haaland: Delisting wood stork 'a significant milestone' in species restoration

The recovery of the wood stork from near extinction in the mid-1980s to sustainable population levels today is leading the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose removing the shore bird from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Availability of Trispot Darter Draft Recovery Plan

Adraft recovery plan is now available for the trispot darter, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2019.
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Service Announces Availability of Final Recovery Plan for White Fringeless Orchid

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the final recovery plan for the white fringeless orchid, a perennial plant listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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Public invited to comment on draft rule & DEIS for proposed Colorado gray wolf experimental population designation

As the result of a statewide voter-led initiative passed in November 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a rule to establish an experimental population of gray wolves in Colorado under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in support of the state of Colorado’s voter-mandated gray wolf reintroduction program.
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Service Proposes Delisting the Wood Stork

Achieving a major conservation milestone following decades of conservation and large-scale restoration work, the Department of the Interior today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove the wood stork from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
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Wood Stork Proposed Delisting

Proposed Delisting of the U.S. Breeding Population of the  Wood Stork
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Partners in Maine enlist public to find owl pellets for rodent research

Few people have laid eyes on the northern bog lemming, an elusive rodent that makes its home in remote bogs in northern spruce-fir forests.
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BOEM Announces Proposed Rule to Increase Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources

In order to better protect shipwrecks and other cultural resources on the seabed from harm due to offshore energy activities, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing regulatory changes to its marine archaeology reporting requirements for activities proposed on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
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BOEM Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Analysis for Proposed Wind Energy Project Offshore Massachusetts

In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the availability of its draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SouthCoast Wind (formerly Mayflower Wind) energy project offshore Massachusetts.
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