News from August 2009
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: Take part in a Rocky Mountain tradition: listening for the bugling of the bull Elk (Wapiti) on an autumn evening. Join us at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument to learn about, listen for and look for wild Wapiti. Programs on September 19 and 20 will be from 5:30 until 8:00. Programs on September...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: On routine patrol in Dunes National Lakeshore a National Park Service Ranger was flagged down by two early morning hikers who reported they found a human body. The Ranger found the person on the beach in the Kemil area wearing a life jacket. The Porter County Corner pronounced the person dead on the scene. The National Park Service is working with Indiana Department of Natural Resources on this investigation.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: The first hard evidence of what is happening physiologically inside bees during Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been published in a new study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Illinois scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study also looked at differences in activity levels of critical genes in CCD and healthy bee colonies.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - A necropsy (animal autopsy) determined that the grizzly bear yearling that died after being darted by park rangers on Monday Aug. 17, 2009, died from internal bleeding. The results show the bear did not die from the initial darting, but from a subsequent laceration of the jugular...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: Overview: Twelve fires ranging in size from a single tree to 400 acres have been burning in the North Cascades National Park Complex since late June. All twelve fires were started by lightning. The total acreage for all fires combined is 696 acres. Five of these fires are being managed with suppression...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: On Saturday evening, Aug. 22, a US Park Police patrol officer discovered a fire in the public restrooms that are attached to the Miller Field Ranger Station. The fire caused extensive damage to the restrooms and the FDNY believes that either arson or an electrical problem is the cause. An investigation is underway.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the availability of the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Biscayne National Park’s Fishery Management Plan (FMP). A series of public meetings, all running from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., will be held as follows.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have teamed up with researchers from a company in American Samoa to investigate the chemical makeup of a mosquito- and ant-repellent essential oil from a native Samoan plant.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- Construction on Phase I of the improvements called for in Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan (SRVTP) continues to progress.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C - A Department of Energy scientist writes in this week's Science magazine that a search is underway for a potentially immense untapped energy resource that, given its global distribution, has the potential to alter existing energy production and supply paradigms.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: Bar Harbor, Maine---On Sunday, Aug. 23, a large wave washed over a crowd of visitors gathered along the coast along Acadia National Park’s Ocean Drive, sweeping seven people into the ocean and injuring others.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2009
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore invites you to join the 28th annual Sand Sculpture Contest. We welcome all ages at this free community event located at Drakes Beach. Categories include: Children (14 and under), Families, Adult Individuals, and Adult Groups. Three prizes will be awarded in each of those...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- The Aspen Fire, located on the Walhalla Plateau east of the North Rim developed area in Grand Canyon National Park, received precipitation on Saturday, Aug. 22, reducing visible smoke and fire activity.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials are learning more about the loss of a park visitor Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. A 67-year-old male from Great Falls, MT had been hiking with four others and had climbed Iceberg Notch earlier in the day. Two of the party broke off, and the remaining...
By State Newswire | Aug 22, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement to Muslim communities in America and around the world marking the start of Ramadan today:
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2009
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Park rangers are investigating the cause of death of an 11-year-old Las Vegas boy who died late Thursday night. An autopsy performed by the Clark County Coroner’s Office on Friday concluded that the primary cause of death was carbon monoxide asphyxiation with drowning as a contributing factor.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials are saddened by the loss of a park visitor Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. Details are still being gathered, but it appears that a male climbing below Ahern Pass near Helen Lake east of the Continental Divide fell some fifty feet around 2 p.m. Saturday.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: Viewing this video requires the Flash 9 plugin. For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and more than 25 senior DHS officials today received training in medical emergency preparedness and response by instructors from the American Red Cross.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: MIAMI – Former UBS banker, Bradley Birkenfeld of Weymouth, Mass., has been sentenced to 40 months incarceration by Judge William J. Zloch in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. On June 19, 2008, Birkenfeld pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Raschad L. "Sean" Lewis, a former fuel section employee of Kellogg Brown and Root Inc. (KBR) assigned to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for his role in a bribery and a fuel diversion scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer ...
