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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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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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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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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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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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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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News Release: Recipient: Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.
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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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FY23 IIJA Bureau of Land Management Nevada Youth and Conservation Corps. grant opened on Feb. 21.
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News Release: Recipient: Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission.
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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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News Release: Recipient: Louisiana State Parks and Recreation Commission.
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IIJA Bureau of Land Management California Youth and Conservation Corps. grant opened on Feb. 21.
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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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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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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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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)“ was published in the Senate section on pages S444-S446 on Feb. 16
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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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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.