News from June 2009
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 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 Sunday June 7, 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park fire staffs completed the Loomis Prescribed Fire on May 15. The fire, which is a continuation of a project begun last fall, was approximately 20 acres and located adjacent to the Manzanita Lake Amphitheater and Camper Store.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On May 13, at a recent meeting of area superintendents, Grand Canyon National Park (GRCA) Superintendent Steve Martin received the Regional Director’s Superintendent of the Year Award for Natural Resource Stewardship from Intermountain Regional Director Mike Snyder.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released new findings that overcrowding in hospital emergency rooms continues, resulting in longer, sometimes dangerous wait times for patients and forcing ambulances...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the health industry’s proposals to help save $2 trillion in health care costs.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: High School (MUNISING, Mich.) The American Hiking Society's signature trail awareness program, National Trails Day, inspires the public and trail enthusiasts nationwide to seek out their favorite trails to discover, learn about, and celebrate trails while participating in educational exhibits, trail dedications, gear demonstrations, instructional workshops and trail work projects. For 2009, June 6 has been designated as National Trails Day.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: FEE-FREE FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND AT LAKE MEAD.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ― Around the world, cultures have been fascinated with the passage of the seasons and movements of the sun and moon, creating such places as Stonehenge in the United Kingdom, Carnac Stones of France, and Uxmal in the Yucatan. For several thousand years the prehistoric people of the...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: Join fabric artist Zelda Grant for an afternoon of creative crafts on Saturday, June 20th, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in Mount Pleasant. Grant will lead a workshop for children, using African fabrics to create personalized bookmarks. The craft workshop is free, but children must be accompanied by an adult.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: Six artists have been selected for the summer 2009 Artist-in-Residence Program at Rocky Mountain National Park. Artists will be provided with a creative, contemplative environment in which to generate artistic works and share their works with the public. Artistic diversity, new ideas and creative uses of media were encouraged in the application process.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) is conducting a second public meeting on June 17, 2009, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the North Fulton Government Service Center (Annex) as a follow up to the April 30, 2009 meeting regarding a potential bike / pedestrian bridge below Morgan Falls Dam.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 1, 2009
News Release: The U.S. National Arboretum has teamed up with the horticulture industry to feature plants new to American horticulture in an exhibit that opens today at the facility operated by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Washington, D.C.
