News from October 2012
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service has begun the transition from elk reduction to the maintenance phase of the Elk Management Plan in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.A limited number of elk will be removed by park staff from October 30 through December 6.Volunteers will not be necessary during this phase.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC-Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to Chairman Issa’s letter today alleging that Ansar al-Sharia claimed responsibility for the attack on the Benghazi compound. Press accounts today are reporting that the terrorist group denied responsibility for the attack the next day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A dozen people associated with a chain of nine marijuana stores that operated across Orange and Los Angeles counties were arrested this morning on federal drug trafficking charges. The 12 arrested are among 14 people named in a 14-count indictment returned last week by a federal grand jury.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: A day after his inauguration, President Obama promised his administration would be defined by its openness and transparency, proudly declaring, "I will also hold myself, as president, to a new standard of openness….Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." Sadly, the ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: Pipestone, MN: To honor America's service men and women, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that areas managed by the Department of the Interior, including Pipestone National Monument, will not charge entrance fees from Saturday, November 10th and Sunday, November 12th, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: Craters of the Moon National Monument has been an outdoor classroom to students for decades, perhaps most notably in 1969 when Apollo astronauts studied the peculiar lava formations before visiting the Moon. Today thousands of Idaho students continue that tradition of first-hand study each year on school field trips to the monument.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Oct. 25, 2012-Has nature ever inspired you to do something especially creative? Local students can celebrate their creativity through the Youth Arts in the Parks program. This youth art contest and April art exhibition at Tamarack, allows students to serve as community leaders...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: Parkland Cleanup Nets 6 Tons of Debris.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: DENVER - The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public about criminals posing as DEA special agents or other law enforcement personnel as part of an international extortion scheme. This criminal activity has occurred in the Rocky Mountain region in the past, but is now occurring with much...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: Parkland Cleanup Nets 6 Tons of Debris.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Obama Administration is stalling the release of a legally required summary of upcoming new regulations originally due in Spring 2012. The Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda) has been withheld by the Administration for several months, and four House of Representatives leaders sent a letter today asking why.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service has begun the transition from elk reduction to the maintenance phase of the Elk Management Plan in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.A limited number of elk will be removed by park staff from October 30 through December 6.Volunteers will not be necessary during this phase.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - BP announced today that it has plugged the leaks in the 40 foot high containment dome, the so-called cofferdam, that had been leaking oil originally from BP’s blown-out Macondo well. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today called on the company to devise a plan to remove all remaining oil from the...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: An autopsy report released by the North Dakota State Medical Examiner's Office revealed that Daniel Olszewski, the man who passed away while hiking in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in July, had suffered a massive heart attack, which caused his death.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and 21 other members of Congress sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk, urging the Ambassador to include resolution of the ongoing dispute over dolphin-safe tuna labeling in upcoming negotiations with Mexico under the Trans-Pacific...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ-In celebration of National Native American Heritage Month (which serves to promote awareness of and appreciation for history and culture of American Indians), please join us for the following.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: CALABASAS, Calif. - Lend a hand and donate a plant at Stokes Creek in the Calabasas area on Saturday, November 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The National Park Service, along with the Santa Monica Mountains Fund and Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, invite the public to improve habitat for local wildlife by planting native trees and shrubs.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and senior member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the results of their 16-month investigation into Medtronic, which revealed questionable ties between the medical technology company and the physician consultants tasked with...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 25, 2012 - Less than two weeks from the Presidential election, the Obama Administration is once again desperately trying to pretend that they support increased American oil and natural gas production. Today’s offshore lease sale announcement in the Western Gulf of Mexico is simply a recycling of their failed energy policies. They are offering lease sales in nearly the same offshore acres that were offered last December.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A day after his inauguration, President Obama promised his administration would be defined by its openness and transparency, proudly declaring, “I will also hold myself, as president, to a new standard of openness….Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." ...
