News from September 2009
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: Colorado National Monument will host its first Centennial Challenge event, "A Walk Through Time" on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: After the oil is extracted from corn germ meal, the corn germ is typically fed to poultry and other livestock animals. But a new, value-added use could be on tap for this "leftover," thanks to studies by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist in Peoria, Ill.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: The numbers of the acres of prairie dogs have decreased significantly this year in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: On September 8th, the parks of the National Park Service Outer Banks Group (Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Hatteras National Seashore) will begin a fall schedule of interpretive programs and hours of operation for the parks’ visitor centers and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: The Big Meadow Fire in Yosemite National Park and Stanislaus National Forest has grown to 5,257 acres, from 4,909 acres yesterday. Containment remains at 55%. The fire continues to be active on the northern flank approaching the Tioga Road near Tamarack Flat and in the upper Crane Creek drainage.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: A truly American and democratic idea, National Parks were called “our best idea" by Pulitzer Prize winning author Wallace Stegner. Saturday evenings in September, Rocky Mountain National Park will celebrate our National Parks. All programs are held at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center at 7:30 p.m. and are free.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued the following statement on the decision by 80% taxpayer owned AIG to seek binding arbitration in its legal dispute with former CEO Maurice “Hank" Greenberg.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: On September 8th, the parks of the National Park Service Outer Banks Group (Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Hatteras National Seashore) will begin a fall schedule of interpretive programs and hours of operation for the parks’ visitor centers and the Cape Hatteras National Lighthouse.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - According to a White House pool report, Vice President Joe Biden made the following statement yesterday at a political fundraiser.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2009
News Release: According to Zion National Park Superintendent Jock Whitworth, Dennis Fisher of Spanish Fork, UT pled guilty on Aug. 17, 2009 in St. George Magistrate Court, to conducting an illegal guiding service within the boundaries of the park. For several years, Fisher and his company TPC Sports had advertised illegal guided canyoneering trips in the park’s backcountry. Fisher had been previously contacted by park rangers regarding his illegal operation, but continued his activities.
