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The U.S. Department of the Interior will allocate $50 million for key water infrastructure in the Upper Colorado River Basin, according to a press release. The funding will be delivered over a five-year period.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to remove the Apache trout from the Endangered Species list Aug. 10.
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Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham wrote she is "not a fan" of the Biden administration's effort to promote wind farms off the Texas coast.
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Haaland: 'This land is sacred to the many Tribal Nations who have long advocated for its protection'The land around the Grand Canyon became a national monument Aug. 8.
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The National Park Service is providing nearly $9.7 million in Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants to different programs across 12 states to support historic preservation in rural communities across the country.
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Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said that he looks forward to the future of nuclear energy following the announcement from Georgia Power that the new Plant Vogtle Unit 3 is commercially operational. In an Aug. 1 post to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Donalds said the building of the new nuclear reactor aligns perfectly with his "nuclear package," which consists of 20 bills.
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Officials of the second-largest island nation in the world are partnering with the Stimson Center and the Western Indian Ocean Research Association to develop a comprehensive coastal-city risk profile.
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Two monuments to the American Revolutionary War were recently restored after sustaining heavy damage in rains and flooding. The restoration to the Bridge Monument and the Grady Monument was funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA).
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The Biden-Harris administration announced nearly $11 million is available through the Joint Fire Science Program for current wildland fire research opportunities.
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The federal government has published draft guidelines to assist public agencies in incorporating ecosystem services into their cost-benefit analyses. On Aug. 1, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published the draft and opened it up to comments from the public.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released four piping plovers at Illinois Beach State Park in Waukegan in July.
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A new park manager is coming to Dry Tortugas National Park, the U.S. National Park Service announced Aug. 1.
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The Department of the Interior recently announced that it will hold its first offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The department claims that the three areas to be leased offshore of Texas and Louisiana "have the potential to generate approximately 3.7 GW" of electricity.
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Prokopetz: 'We are excited to expand the work being done at Big Thicket to address legacy pollution'The National Park Service announced the Big Thicket National Preserve in Kountze, Texas, will receive more than a half-a-million dollars to combat the legacy pollution from a pair of orphaned wells.
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The staff of Mammoth Cave National Park welcomes the public to share insight on park upgrades and visitor experience enhancement.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior issued a news release July 25 to recognize President Joe Biden's proclamation of a new national monument to honor Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. The monument is 425th site to be placed under the management of the National Park Service.
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The "Mount Rushmore Protection Act" is sponsored by U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., and was discussed at a meeting of the House Natural Resources subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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The Department of the Interior announced on July 21 the distribution of more than $295 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and territories of the United States.
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The National Park Service (NPS) is investing more than $2 million to preserve several historic battlefields.
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In recognition of the presidential designation of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a news release July 25.