News from August 2009
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- On June 15th, 2009, the National Park Service, in conjunction with the Bureau of Reclamation, the Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, the Arizona Game and Fish Department, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service translocated 300 juvenile humpback chub to Shinumo Creek in Grand Canyon...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Superintendent Chas Cartwright has announced that an environmental assessment will be prepared for correcting health and safety hazards at abandoned mine lands in Glacier National Park. This project is eligible for funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
By DOL Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: Six months to the day after enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Rep. John Kline (R-MN) - the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee - highlighted America’s continued job losses and plummeting public opinion about the legislation as proof that the nearly trillion dollar federal spending spree has failed to achieve its objectives.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: Come out and play this weekend at Gateway! There's plenty of activities for all interests at the park. For example, why not learn about why birds use Jamaica Bay as an important pitstop on their migrations route?
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: Ride the Bus, It's Free!. Jamaica Bay Visitor Shuttle Pilot Program. The Implementation Phase of the Jamaica Bay Alternative Transportation Feasibility Study, conducted by U. S. DOT Volpe Transportation Systems Center, was completed May 2009. As a result of this study Gateway National Recreation Area...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Klaus Lauterbach, the 20 year-old German-national that the Flagstaff Police Department and Grand Canyon National Park rangers have been attempting to locate since Aug. 14, reported in to his family last night.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: Bluegrass hybrids ideal for pasture and for lawns could be developed faster using genetic markers developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: Junior Ranger Day was established in 2007 to introduce the world's children to their National Parks. Fort Stanwix National Monument has picked Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, Founder’s Day of the National Park Service, to celebrate this very special day.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: Seneca Falls - Preservation treatment work has begun on the historic Wesleyan Chapel on Fall Street in Seneca Falls. Women's Rights National Historical Park invites the public to an open house on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, for an update on the project. The open house will be held in the park visitor center, 136 Fall Street, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 17, 2009 - As the trillion dollar “stimulus" bill reaches its six-month mark, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent the to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack seeking answers on how spending decisions are being...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Investigators are looking for a young man last seen on August 9, exiting a commercial shuttle in Grand Canyon National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2009
News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park will celebrate the 101st anniversary of President Johnson’s birth on Thursday, August 27. This free celebration begins at 10:00 a.m. with the laying of a wreath on his gravesite in the Johnson family cemetery on the LBJ Ranch. The wreath will be placed by representatives from Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, followed by remarks by Colonel Jackie Van Ovost.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2009
News Release: Van Nuys, CA -- On reports that Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi, convicted in the Pan Am 103 terrorist attack in Lockerbie, Scotland, may soon be released from custody in the United Kingdom, Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2009
News Release: Join a Park Ranger on a guided evening hike to Whiskeytown Falls on Wednesday, September 2 and experience the beauty of Whiskeytown by the soft light of the silvery moon. There is limited space and visitors are asked to make reservations by calling Carol Jandrall at (530) 242-3438. Reservations for this...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that on Aug.11, 2009, two individuals were sentenced in connection with South Florida business opportunity scams. Stewart Pope was sentenced in connection with his participation in fraudulent business opportunity sales at a Miami firm called Global Resources ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—A pipeline company and two of its former operating firms will jointly pay a civil penalty of $3.65 million to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from anhydrous ammonia spills in Nebraska and Kansas, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The spills which occurred in 2004 resulted in significant fish kills in surrounding waterways.
By USDA Wire | Aug 14, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Aug 14, 2009
The US State Department published a four page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 14, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 14, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
