News from August 2009
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: As a very special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of September 4, 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) Acting Superintendent Frank Dean announces the availability of the Record of Decision for the Marin Headlands and Fort Baker Transportation Infrastructure and Management Plan. The Record of Decision (ROD) completes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance process for this important multi-modal transportation project.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Experience first-hand what Copper Country life was like 100 years ago at Old Victoria in Ontonagon County. Join us at 5:30 p.m. for a pre-program hiking tour through the Victoria mine site and the privately owned captain’s house. At 7:00 p.m., hear the stories of the people who lived at Old Victoria, complete with a special tour of the cabins and a treat baked in the wood stove. Please feel free to attend either or both parts of the program.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Wind Cave National Park, S.D. - Fire crews are busy laying hose and constructing mow lines in preparation for a 617-acre prescribed fire planned this fall in Wind Cave National Park. If weather and fuel conditions are within prescription, park management plans to conduct the fire in an area west of the visitor center and south of the Elk Mountain Campground.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $8.4 million in funding to develop regional sequestration technology training projects. The seven projects will facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technologies required for site development, operations, and monitoring of commercial carbon capture and storage projects.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: After several small rockfalls occurred yesterday in Yosemite Valley directly above the Ahwahnee Hotel, the hotel was temporarily closed for precautionary measures. The rockfalls released from the Royal Arches, a rock formation directly above the hotel. Several small rocks landed in the parking lot causing minor damage to three vehicles. No injuries or structural damage were reported.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Homestead and Key West, FL - Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Park are incorporating technologies in our communications and outreach efforts to reach a broader audience. Each park has incorporated new and innovative communication tools to inform the public about park resources, special events, emergencies, and activities for visitors to enjoy.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Homestead and Key West, FL - Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Park are incorporating technologies in our communications and outreach efforts to reach a broader audience. Each park has incorporated new and innovative communication tools to inform the public about park resources, special events, emergencies, and activities for visitors to enjoy.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Harvesting grains with a relatively new and underused device called a "stripper header" may boost profits and conservation benefits at the same time, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: On Saturday, Sept. 26, at 8pm, acclaimed folk singer Hank Cramer opens the 21st annual Sea Music Concert Series at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park with a performance of sea chanteys and other songs of the sea. The concert will be held aboard the historic ship Balclutha, berthed at Hyde Street Pier on San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: “Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks are excited about the newly launched pilot program on Twitter," says Superintendent Dan Kimball. The parks recognize the ongoing need to provide real-time information to interested parties on the status of various park activities, events, and incidents.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2009
News Release: Two local artists participated in the 2009 Artist-in-Residence program at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore this summer. Michelle Michael and Larry Jensen will be show-casing their work on, Sunday, Aug. 30, 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the national lakeshore’s visitor center.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced more than $240 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for new in-line baggage handling systems at 10 additional airports across the country.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 2, to kick off National Preparedness Month and unveil a new series of public service advertisements for the Ready Campaign—the ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Louisville, Ky.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the 2009 American Legion National Conference, highlighting the Department’s ongoing outreach to American veterans and announcing her commitment to employ 50,000 veterans at DHS by 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: A sixth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files. Karal Busch, 28, of District Heights, Md., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal information charging her with unauthorized computer access. Busch is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 15, 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: Following their tour of the Tulalip Reservation, Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden and Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli today announced that more than $5 million has been awarded to tribal communities in Washington. The Department of Justice awarded more than $2.16 million in Recovery Act ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Bruce Mikulyuk, of Mishawaka, Ind., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for charges stemming from a cross burning in September 2007. Mikulyuk made his first court appearance today in South Bend, Ind. A trial has been scheduled for Nov. 3, 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Loretta King, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced today that a federal grand jury in Denver has charged Donald Hertz with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce and with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Eugene Morris, a former correctional officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, was sentenced today in federal court in Houston for providing a false statement related to a federal civil rights investigation, the Justice Department announced. Morris was sentenced to two years ...
