News published on Federal Newswire in August 2007

News from August 2007


News Release: The search for a missing woman in Yosemite National Park ended on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007 when her body was located in the Echo Creek drainage, a rugged wilderness area southwest of Tuolumne Meadows.


Point Reyes National Seashore Temporary Road Closures due to Watershed Restoration Projects

News Release: Last April, the Point Reyes National Seashore received $2.44 million in federal funding to conduct the Drakes Estero Coastal Watershed Restoration Project. The project includes a number of specific physical treatments within five coastal watersheds, all draining into the Drakes Estero system, the centerpiece...


HawkWatch Begins Soon

News Release: Acadia National Park will begin its 13th annual HawkWatch season on Tuesday, August 21. Thousands of birds of prey, including falcons, hawks, ospreys and eagles, migrate through Acadia in the autumn. Each year thousands of park visitors join HawkWatch to see and learn more about these fascinating birds.


Animation Students Debut Sleeping Bear Dunes Film Project at Visitor Center

News Release: Students from The Art Place (TAP), a non-profit animation studio in Suttons Bay, will debut the film project they created about Sleeping Bear Dunes at the Visitor Center here on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 4:00 p.m. The film’s unique title, “wwwww.sbdnl.tap", is not a website address, but was derived by the TAP students after they spent a week at the Lakeshore learning the “Who, What, When, Where, and Whys" of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s dune ecology and history.


SEASHORE DUCK BLIND PERMITS AVAILABLE FOR THE 2007-2008 HUNTING SEASON

News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. Acting Superintendent Charles Cranfield announces that permits for temporary duck blinds will be available at the Harkers Island Visitor Center beginning Tuesday, September 4, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and thereafter Monday through Friday.


Marijuana Gardens Raided in Yosemite National Park

News Release: On Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, Yosemite National Park Rangers located and seized 7,428 mature marijuana plants from three gardens in the park related to the same growing operation. The value of the marijuana plants is estimated at about $22 million.


New Issue of ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs Posted to Web

News Release: New discoveries about good-for-you antioxidants in familiar fruits, and findings about the relation between calcium, dairy foods and body fat are among the research findings highlighted in the latest edition of the Agricultural Research Service's ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs.


Senator Boxer to Convene Special Briefing on California’s Transportation Infrastructure

News Release: Sacramento, CA -- U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will be Sacramento on Wednesday, August 15th for a field briefing from California leaders on the condition of the state's critical transportation infrastructure and its future infrastructure needs.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.