News from April 2010
By DOT News Wire | Apr 6, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Apr 6, 2010
The US Justice Department published a six page proposed rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Bryce Canyon National Park Hosts its First Annual Utah Prairie Dog Day.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Several brush piles and one prescribed fire are planned in parks of the Southeast Utah Group this spring.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Several brush piles and one prescribed fire are planned in parks of the Southeast Utah Group this spring.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Biologists at Pinnacles National Monument have verified the successful hatching of a condor egg inside the monument. The young nestling is the first California condor known to hatch in the monument in over 100 years. Two seven year old condors, condor 317, a female released at the monument in 2004, and...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Yosemite National Park received $1.3 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to improve the transportation system within the park. This funding is a portion of the $24.8 million announced by the FTA for improvement of the public transportation in America’s national parks, national forests, and wildlife refuges.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Approximately 32 percent of the plant species in the National Parks of the San Francisco Bay Area are non-native. Among them are highly invasive species, such as French broom or pampas grass, which spread rapidly and alter the landscape and scenery in and around our parks. Not only do they change the visitor experience, they may increase fire risk, destroy habitat for rare or endangered plants and animals, and become very expensive to control as they continue to spread.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: An international team of scientists from Russia and the United States, including two Department of Energy national laboratories and two universities, has discovered the newest superheavy element, element 117.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to Offer Free Gap Cave Tours.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Several brush piles and one prescribed fire are planned in parks of the Southeast Utah Group this spring.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement after reports that 25 miners lost their lives at the Upper Big Branch mine in Whitesville, West Virginia, and another four miners remain missing...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman John S. Tanner (D-TN) issued the following statement concerning the joint announcement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that Brazil will forestall retaliation in the cotton dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Prepares for Spring Prescribed Burns.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the statement below following an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia that killed 25 workers, with four workers still missing. Harkin chairs both the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Labor Appropriations Subcommittee.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced all 392 national parks will have free admission during National Park Week, April 17 to 25. “We are rolling out the red carpet and inviting everyone to visit a national park and help celebrate National Park Week," said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. “Parks are fun and affordable destinations and great places to engage in healthy, outdoor activities, whether for a few hours or a few days.".
By USDA Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: Self-pollinating almond trees that can produce a bountiful harvest without insect pollination are being developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. This is good news for almond growers who face rising costs for insect pollination because of nationwide shortages of honey bees due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and other factors.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 6, 2010 - House Natural Resource Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the tragic mining accident at the Upper Big Branch mine in Whitesville, West Virginia.
