News from June 2011
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Park Officials announced the opening of more services and roads for the summer season. Currently, there are over 90 miles of road open within Glacier National Park which access all areas of the park, with more services opening every week. The road into Cutbank Creek opened on Thursday...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: (Copper Center, AK) - While the weather has stayed cool and fairly humid on the Gilahina Fire, no measurable rain has fallen there from June 5 through June 9. Scattered pockets of fuel continue to burn at a low intensity. There has been no growth in the fire for over a week, with improved mapping now showing the fire at 1,248 acres.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Whiskeytown is offering free Junior Lifeguard and Waterfront Lifeguard training programs on Mondays and Wednesdays from June 27 to Aug. 2, 2011. The training will run from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm at Brandy Creek Beach. Participants must be between the ages of 10 and 17 years old, willing to follow directions...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-led consortium of scientists has fully sequenced the genome of the pathogen that causes the wheat disease known as septoria tritici blotch, which can cause significant yield losses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: The Youth Conservation Corp team, consisting of area students has hit the ground running in its first week of work at Buffalo National River. After orientation at park headquarters in Harrison, they were immediately put to work on the repair of the Lost Valley trail where the April flood made closure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three people from Maryland have been arrested and indicted in connection with an ongoing Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigation into the 2008 murder of a DEA confidential informant, announced Ava A. Cooper-Davis, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Washington Division Office and U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Lowell, MA -Lakeview (Dracut) Junior High School grade-8 teacher Rebecca Duda was one of a small number of Massachusetts educators to receive funding through the STARS program (Students and Teachers Working with Artists, Scientists, and Scholars).Ms. Duda chose the Tsongas Industrial History Center (TIHC)...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Doug Neighbor has announced the availability of an environmental assessment (EA) of proposed improvements to the North Crater Flow Trail. The EA analyzes alternatives and issues derived from comments received earlier this year. The project is intended to improve accessibility and enhance visitor experience and resource protection.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: PORTLAND - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has vacant positions on the Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The RAC advises and recommends management strategies for Federal lands administered by the BLM in the State of Washington and by the Colville National Forest. There are six open...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding next week's Committee hearing on The Threat of Muslim-American Radicalization in U.S. Prisons. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, June 15th.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today made the following statement on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General’s report that criticized Chairman Gregory Jaczko...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service recently received a grant from the National Park Foundation to support the continuation of an oral history project at Grand Canyon National Park. The innovative project encourages students to interview and record people of importance to Grand Canyon's history.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: "Cultural Encounters" Special Event at Fort Union.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U. S. Department of Agriculture today issued a proposed rule to amend the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program as required by law.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - In late June 2011, the National Park Service, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Arizona Game and Fish Department will translocate wild juvenile humpback chub to Shinumo Creek and to Havasu Creek below Beaver Falls in Grand Canyon National Park.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Farmers, Ranchers, Foresters, Academics and Community Leaders from Across Michigan Share Ideas on How to Strengthen Michigan Economy
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, announced the Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. in room 328 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The oversight hearing will focus on ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Work to Occur in El Portal, Hodgdon Meadow, and Foresta Areas.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OPENS AT HAMPTON. A HOUSE DIVIDED: THE CIVIL WAR AT HAMPTON. PREVIEW SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011. AT HAMPTON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IN TOWSON. Announcing the opening of the exhibition A House Divided: The Civil War at Hamptonin the changing exhibition gallery at Hampton mansion. One hundred...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, announced the Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. in room G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The oversight hearing will focus on accountability in the Farm Bill, and the importance of measuring performance while eliminating duplication and waste.
