News from September 2011
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Fire Mangers in Grand Canyon National Park are making plans for the Watson Prescribed Fire (Watson Rx) on the South Rim of the park. Weather permitting; the Watson Rx will be initiated within the next 30 days.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reopening the rulemaking record to extend the comment period on revising the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for work-related injuries and illnesses. OSHA is extending the comment period in response to a stakeholder request. Individuals interested in submitting comments must do so by Oct. 28, 2011.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Wednesday, September 28th, 2011. Press Contact: Ryan Nickel (202) 225-3481. WASHINGTON, D.C., September 28th- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Democratic Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following statement after release of the State, Foreign Operations and Transportation, HUD FY12 Report Language:...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Just in time for the Halloween season and the turning of leaves at autumn, Bristol, Tennessee author Joe Tennis comes to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park to share spooky tales of a creepy coffin and a cave called Cudjo's.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 11, Longs Peak Campground in Rocky Mountain National Park will be closed through this winter for hazard tree mitigation. Longs Peak Campground is a tents-only campground and gets very little use during the winter. Over one hundred and fifty beetle killed and infested trees...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Nevada woman pleaded guilty today for her role in founding NinjaVideo.net, a website that provided millions of users with the ability to illegally download infringing copies of copyright-protected movies and television programs in high-quality formats. This investigation is being conducted by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center ).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: NPS Releases Abbreviated Final General Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement and Foundation Plan.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Wednesday, September 28th, 2011. Press Contact: Ryan Nickel (202) 225-3481. WASHINGTON, D.C., September 28th- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Democratic Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following statement after release of the State, Foreign Operations and Transportation, HUD FY12 Report Language:...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has continued the contract with DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite, Inc. to provide visitor services within the park from Oct. 1, 2011 through Jan. 31, 2015. The previous contract extension expires on Sept. 30, 2011. The park is continuing the process of developing a new prospectus for visitor services.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: High Angle Rescue of Austrian Climber who Severed Thumb.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Experience the driving rhythms of chanteys and the beauty of seafaring ballads from the wooden decks of the historic sailing ship Balclutha, berthed at Hyde Street Pier on San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Join the park in its 23rd year of presenting sea music's outstanding performers.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: LOWELL, MA:Join Representative Niki Tsongas, representatives from the City of Lowell, Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, and Lowell National Historical Park to open the "River Reach" to Lowell's newest greenspace on Thursday, September 29th at 10:00 am at the Spalding House, located at 383 Pawtucket Street, Lowell, MA.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 124,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Capulin Volcano National Monument is pleased to invite its neighbors and friends to join in on a Moonlight Trail Trek Saturday, October 8, 2011. Accompany rangers on a one-mile hike around the rim of the volcano crater by the light of a full moon.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ- National Fossil Day is Wednesday, Oct. 12, part of Earth Science Week. National Fossil Day is a celebration organized by the National Park Service to promote public awareness and stewardship of fossils, as well as to foster a greater appreciation of their scientific and educational values. Petrified Forest is the perfect park in which to celebrate National Fossil Day!.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: This fall a three year project to survey, identify and evaluate archeological resources within lands acquired in the last ten years will begin at Antietam National Battlefield. Under a contract with the National Park Service, archeologists with The Louis Berger Group, Inc. will conduct field work in...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Whiskey Bend Road, which connects Olympic Hot Springs Road to the Whiskey Bend trailhead, will close to all use in early October so that dam removal contractor Barnard Construction and Olympic National Park road crews can repair slide damage in two locations along the 4.5-mile gravel road.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General report critical of the agency’s greenhouse gas findings scientific assessment process...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent David Nemeth announced today that the 13-knot vessel speed limit in lower Glacier Bay and at the mouth of Glacier Bay will be lifted due to a decrease in the number of humpback whales in the area. In addition, the mid-channel course requirement for vessels traveling in lower Glacier Bay will be lifted.These changes go into effect beginning at midnight on Sept. 30, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA. - A Florida man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for his top-level role in a massive oxycodone distribution conspiracy that spanned from Southern Florida to Massachusetts and distributed in excess of 100,000 oxycodone pills in the Fall River area.
