News and reports from the Department of the Interior.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the final recovery plan for the relict darter, a small fish species native to the Bayou de Chien watershed in western Kentucky listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Proposed Regulations Help Kick Off 50th Anniversary Celebration of Landmark Conservation Law

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on behalf of the Department of the Interior, along with co-trustees for natural resources, the 1854 Treaty Authority, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Trustees), invite public comment on the draft Assessment Plan to assess natural resource damages resulting from the release of hazardous substances from the St. Louis River U.S. Steel site.

Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Compatibility Determinations

Public Comment Period Open for William L. Finley NWR Compatibility Determinations

Seeking Input on Draft Compatibility Determination for Grazing by Goats on an Experimental Basis to Control Invasive Plants at Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge.

Weather and wildlife management activities have led to the temporary closures of several refuge roads to vehicles and/or general public access

As far back as she can remember, Lucy Crespo hasn’t liked being indoors. Maybe it’s in her genes: she was born in Argentina, surrounded by forests and mountains, lush grass and plants, and rivers that ran by her home. The air was crisp and sweet, the water clear.

In the sandy wetlands of the Illinois River Watershed, a race is underway beyond our view. Scientists of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Illinois Department of Natural Resources are working in earnest to observe and document the Illinois chorus frog, a tiny one- to one and a half-inch amphibian that once thrived throughout the floodplain, but which is now a threatened species in Illinois.

National Park Service park rangers made 8,557 traffic stops on Natchez Trace Parkway last year. The traffic stops resulted in 6,428 citations and 266 arrests.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve announced that the preserve is now accepting applications for the summer 2023 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC).

The National Park Service began bulkhead repairs, pier replacement and creek dredging by its Cruz Bay Visitor Center during the first week of February.

Big South Fork NRRA is initiating a new river clean up volunteer program this year.

Dr. Robbie Paul will present “Grandfather’s Trunk: Spirit of Survival. Three Generations of the Paul Family’s Native American Boarding School Experience” at the Nez Perce National Historical Park on March 18, 2023 at 1:00 pm.Dr. Paul will share her family’s journey of researching and discovering the three generations of the Jesse Paul, Ka-khun-nee (Black Raven) family story, tracing back to pre-Carlisle Indian Industrial Boarding School to great-great-grandfather Chief Ut-sin-malikan, who was born in 1793.

All trails and facilities on San Miguel Island, except the sandy beaches of Cuyler Harbor, are closed to the public until emergency repairs can be made to Nidever Canyon Trail.