News from May 2011
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service has released a Final Coral Reef Restoration Plan and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (plan/EIS) for Biscayne National Park. Many vessel groundings occur annually in the park, causing injuries to submerged resources. The plan/EIS provides a systematic approach for addressing injuries to coral reefs caused by vessel groundings.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Monday expressed deep gratitude to the military, intelligence, and homeland security forces that worked together to rid the world of Osama bin Laden. But they warned that the war against terror is not over and that radicalized individuals and lone wolves will continue to try to strike Americans where we live and work.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - The final tally is in from the second National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, April 30, 2011. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 29 locations in San Diego County and five locations in Imperial County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: -. PHOENIX, AZ -. - Two Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty and a third has been found guilty by a jury in recent days for their roles in a conspiracy to trade drugs and cash for military-grade weapons -- including a Stinger anti-aircraft missile - for use by Sinaloan drug cartels. The defendants were...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - After 41 years of service in Glacier National Park, Chief of Science and Resources Management, Jack Potter retired on May 2nd. A potluck gathering will be held to celebrate his retirement in the West Glacier Community Building on Friday, May 13th, at 4:30 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt National Park to Conduct Prescribed Fires.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Patchogue, New York-National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional Director Dennis Reidenbach has announced the selection of Davis Park Ferry Co., Inc. to operate the seasonal passenger ferry services between Patchogue Ferry Terminal and Watch Hill, in Fire Island National Seashore.
By State Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama informed the nation that U.S. operatives had killed Osama bin Laden:
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - When the water is flowing from excessive mountain runoff in the Pacific Northwest, that’s when the wind may be told to stop. In response to controversial plans by the Bonneville Power Administration to shut down wind energy facilities without fully doing the same for traditional forms of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Attorney General Tom Horne today announced that Dr. Corina Hollander, DPM, a podiatrist in Tucson, Ariz. was sentenced to 33 months in the Arizona Department of Corrections stemming from her conviction involving various charges. Hollander also received a 5-year probation sentence that will follow her prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2011
News Release: The African Meeting House to Open Again in December 2011.
By State Newswire | May 1, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on Osama Bin Laden’s death.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2011
News Release: Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP Recognizes Edison School Students' Exhibit Project.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2011
News Release: Celebrate spring by joining a park ranger at Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Sulphur, Oklahoma, for a wildflower walk along Veterans Lake next weekend! Learn to identify various wildflowers and how the National Park Service has used prescribed fire to help restore balance to the ecosystem.
By State Newswire | May 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote an op-ed on the transition in Afghanistan that appears in The Boston Globe today.
