News from September 2009
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Sep 14, 2009
The US Justice Department published a six page notice on Sept. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: Lowell, MA - The final video productions of six Lowell High School students will be aired during the Young Producers' Forum on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 from 5PM to 7PM at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street, Lowell, MA. The group, under the direction of Sambath Bo...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are developing a system that saves water by using aerial imagery and ground-based sensors to determine the irrigation needs of small sections of cultivated fields.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: This week the National Park Service will initiate the Glenbrook Restoration and Dam Removal Project within the Estero de Limantour and Glenbrook drainage. The 15 foot lower Glenbrook Dam failed in 1982 during a major storm event. The NPS will remove the remainder of the dam to reduce sediments and reestablished...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: Today, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced the appointment of Dr. Peter Lyons to the position of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statements in response to President Barack Obama’s decision to address the harmful surge of low-priced Chinese tires in the U.S. marketplace...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: You are invited to attend a special screening of the film THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS' BEST IDEA at the Avalon Theatre on Sunday, September 27 at 7 p.m. FREE admission.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to you regarding the President’s recent proposal to provide that cancelledmortgage debt on a primary residence is not counted as income. Many Americans are facing realfinancial difficulties because of increased mortgage payments. These families are often confrontingthe...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released findings that, while a large proportion of Americans covered under Medicaid have health conditions that can be better treated by preventive services, many...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The National Park Service announces the release of a prospectus for a new concession contract to provide interpretive boat tours and small watercraft rentals in Glacier National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following in response to news reports that China intends to retaliate following the Obama Administration’s decision to provide temporary relief to address a market-disrupting surge in tire imports from China...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: Seneca Falls, New York - On Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, a special preview of the upcoming Ken Burns television documentary 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea" will be shown in the Women's Rights National Historical Park visitor center at 136 Fall Street in Seneca Falls. This special presentation, lasting just over 1 hour, will be shown at 10:00AM and 3:00PM (ET).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Standing on the deck of a British vessel, Francis Scott Key watched helplessly as ships from the greatest navy in the world rained shot and shell on Fort McHenry, the little fort protecting the city of Baltimore, Maryland. The inspiring story behind our national anthem is brought to life in a new classroom lesson plan, “The Rockets’ Red Glare:" Francis Scott Key and the Bombardment of Fort McHenry, found at.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. In 2008, 120,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants, and planted over 1.6 million trees.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: Big South Fork NRRA News Release.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Cherry Payne would like to remind all persons engaged in the 2009 Gustavus Bull Moose Hunt that hunting is not permitted within Glacier Bay National Park. Bull moose may legally be taken outside the park boundary under the Alaska Department of Fish...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Monday explored the growing threat of cyber crime to small and mid-sized businesses at a hearing focused on how the federal government can help businesses defend themselves against attacks. Lieberman and Collins are currently drafting legislation that will address this and other cyber security issues.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: Timpanogos Cave National Monument Superintendent Denis Davis announced that the Monument will be waiving fees for cave tours on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 in recognition of National Public Lands Day. The National Park Service will join other Department of the Interior bureaus and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service in waiving all entrance or standard amenity fees on September 26.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2009
News Release: On Sept. 26, National Public Lands Day, Jewel Cave National Monument and Wind Cave National Park will host visitors and volunteers for a special day of service and celebration. Additionally, entrance fees at all national parks will be waived for the day.
