News from August 2009
By DOT News Wire | Aug 21, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 21, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 21, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 21, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 21, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 21, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: Deputy Superintendent Darrell Echols announced today that a fourth vandalism incident, the third in three days, occurred at Ramp 23 on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009 resulting in the closure of the ramp near Salvo, NC in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The fourth incident of the same resource protection...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: The storm that hit this area on Wednesday, August 19 has left some large trees unstable and posing a potential threat to traffic on Furnessville Road (E. County Road 1500 N), a road owned by the National Park Service. For public safety, Furnessville Road will be closed between School House Road and N. Veden Road (E. County Road 200) until the area is safe.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: Celebrating Henry Hudson’s Quadricentennial. Free programs beginning Thursday, September 3 will take place at Fort Wadsworth to celebrate Hudson’s exploration here 400 years ago. New York Harbor as Henry Hudson Saw It; an Illustrated Lecture and Book Signing by Erik Sanderson. Thursday, Sept. 3 at 7:30pm...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 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 USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: One way farmers can preserve soil and protect water quality is by planting grass hedges to trap sediment that would otherwise be washed away by field runoff. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the agency's National Sedimentation Laboratory in Oxford, Miss., have calculated how much soil erosion these hedges prevent and verified predictions of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation version 2 (RUSLE2).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that EnerNex Corporation, Knoxville, Tenn., was awarded a contract to help NIST sustain the accelerated development of the hundreds of compatible standards that will be required to build...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: Storms on evening of August 19 caused damage to portions of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Downed trees, closed roads and trails, knocked out power for a time to park offices, and wind damaged some buildings. Park crews were out until midnight on Wednesday clearing roads and assisting nearby communities.
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: Taipei - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) and a bipartisan congressional delegation met with high-level officials in Taiwan today as part of a visit to the region that has included Beijing and Seoul. The subjects of the group’s meetings ranged from copyright piracy to combating the spread of nuclear weapons.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: Fire Island National Seashore Superintendent Chris Soller has announced that all Fire Island beaches will be closed to swimming by Saturday morning, or earlier if conditions warrant.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -. Click to enlarge. Background: 1. On August 6, 2009, ten Senate Democrats sent aletter to President Obama regarding their concerns about the job-killing National Energy Tax bill. They said: “We must not engage in a self-defeating effort that displaces greenhouse gas emissions rather...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: (Munising, MICH.) The public is invited to attend the fourteenth annual Woman of Honor Observance to be held on Thursday, August 27. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is sponsoring the event.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: Earlier this month, California's Fish and Game Commission approved a sweeping plan to protect ocean habitats in 24 marine protected areas (MPAs) in state and federal waters, in accordance with the Marine Life Protection Act, a state law passed in 1999.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: Yosemite National Park Rangers and National Park Service Agents, with assistance from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, eradicated 4,735 marijuana plants valued at nearly $19 million from within the park yesterday.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2009
News Release: Yosemite National Park Fire Managers are planning a prescribed fire in Big Meadow in the community of Foresta next Wednesday Aug. 26, 2009. The total burn area will include 90 acres, pending weather conditions and air quality. Yosemite Fire Crews have been preparing the meadow for the last few weeks around structures and other infrastructure within the proposed burn area. Fire engines, water tenders, and hand crews will be present during all fire activity.
