News from March 2009
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that as a result of discussions between representatives of the National Park Service (NPS), Dominion Power, the Town of Nags Head, and concerned residents of South Nags Head, a revised plan of action will be implemented, effective immediately, for the clearing of vegetation under the powerline corridor on park property.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: With the return of spring, piping plovers have also returned to their breeding grounds on outer Cape Cod. They are now courting and establishing territories in preparation for nesting. Piping plovers continue to be listed as a threatened species under the Federal and Massachusetts Endangered Species...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Have you ever wondered what bears do when we can’t see them? If so, plan to join Jeff Stetz, a US Geological Survey wildlife biologist stationed at Glacier National Park, for a “Brown Bag" presentation entitled What do Bears Really Do in the Woods? on Tuesday, March 31st from 12 - 12:30 pm at the West Glacier Community Building. Stetz is the assistant project leader for the Northern Divide Grizzly Bear DNA Project.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Forget dancing angels, a research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado (CU) has shown how to detect and monitor the tiny amount of light reflected directly off the needle point of an atomic force microscope probe, and in so doing has demonstrated...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ ― Plant ecologist Jim DeCoster will be providing a presentation titled “Vegetation and Soils Monitoring at Petrified Forest National Park" as part of the park’s Science and Education Center Lecture Series. This presentation will focus on an inventory and monitoring project taking place in the park.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Park officials at Glacier National Park today announced plans for spring construction activity in the Avalanche Creek area along the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road). As part of the Sun Road rehabilitation, the Federal Highway Administration's Contractor, HK Contractors, Inc., will be rehabilitating the area beginning April 10, weather permitting. The contractor is scheduled to finish their work by early June.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: The sonar on submarines may get far more sensitive ears in the near future thanks to a mysterious compound developed by the military. Developed over a decade ago, it took a collaboration of scientists from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to determine why the material works. Surprisingly, the critical factor is a sprinkling of useful imperfections within an otherwise regular crystal.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Each year to protect raptor nesting sites, Rocky Mountain National Park officials initiate temporary closures in the Lumpy Ridge and Sheep Mountain areas of the park. To enable wildlife managers to gather information and ensure that raptors can nest undisturbed, specific areas within the park are closed...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: For fiscal year 2009, which ends on Sept. 30, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received $819 million in appropriations, an increase of 8.3 percent over the previous fiscal year. Funding for NIST was included in the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act (Public Law 111-8) passed...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) staff are proposing to replace the Grand Lake Entrance Station to correct safety deficiencies and improve visitor service. The present entrance station is located on Trail Ridge Road, 1.3 miles north of the town of Grand Lake, Colorado. It was built in 1960.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Most of the time, we use the stairs in buildings-especially in high-rise structures-only as a back-up for faster elevators and escalators, but during a fire or other emergency, stairs become our primary passage to survival. In a new study, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) examined what we know about how stairs work as an emergency evacuation route and found that the answer is-not nearly enough.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Peregrine falcons are once again defending a nesting territory on the Precipice Cliff in Acadia National Park, Superintendent Sheridan Steele announced today. Volunteers and staff have observed these adults engaging in courtship and pre-nesting behavior signaling these birds’, which are identified as a Maine Endangered Species, intentions to nest and raise the chicks through the middle of the summer.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Dear Dr. Torti: As a senior member of the United States Senate and the Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance (Committee), I have a duty under the Constitution to conduct oversight into the actions of executive branch agencies, including the activities of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA/Agency).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Barry Sullivan, General Superintendent of the Gateway National Recreation Area, today announced that the lease agreement between the National Park Service and Sandy Hook Partners, LLC is moving forward and is on schedule. According to Sullivan, “Sandy Hook Partners presented a package of information...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Republicans today delivered remarks on the House floor calling on Democrat leaders to allow amendments to the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, including an amendment to protect Americans’ Second Amendment rights on public lands. Full video of the remarks follow.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today joined fellow House Republicans in outlining a series of principles aimed at helping American families protect and rebuild their hard-earned savings, from college funds to retirement accounts ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Wolff: If the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget request is fully-funded, the Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce will be charged with effectively managing the expenditure of more than $11 billion over the next 20 months. This funding includes $1 billion from the...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
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By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The first sign of spring in northwest Montana is arguably the return of the Varied Thrush to pine forests and the Western Meadowlark to the valley floors, but for many, the perennial sign of spring is the first sighting of a bear. With spring’s arrival, it is fitting that two east...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2009
News Release: Dover, Tennessee-Many out-of-town guests and Dover residents have noticed and commented on several projects underway throughout the park this spring.
