News from December 2022

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined the Dolphin and Union caribou, a distinct population segment of the barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) and endemic to Victoria Island and the Canadian mainland, warrants federal protection as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Around 3:40 p.m. on Friday, December 16 Great Smoky Mountains National Park dispatch received a call that a 61-year-old man had disappeared underwater while kayaking above The Sinks and did not resurface.

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on the release of the Oregon Caves Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment (FMP).

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The National Park Service joins our partners, friends, and community members here in Los Angeles, and around the world, in remembering mountain lion P-22.

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Zion National Park is providing four seasonal lotteries for hikers who want to visit Angels Landing in 2023.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
Release: Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Timothy Betts travels to Japan, the Philippines, and India December 8-14.

By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States and the American people, I send my best wishes to the Nigerien people as they celebrate Republic Day.

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The popular Uēkahuna area at the summit of Kīlauea volcano reopened to visitors today in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park after biologists observed that a nēnē family is no longer in the area.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: * Return to The Civil War.

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument’s park film “A Window Into the Past” won first place in the video category of the 2022 National Association for Interpretation (NAI) Interpretive Media Awards.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: NOAA will partner with the University of Hawaii (UH) to collect atmospheric measurements at the Maunakea Observatories offsite link on the Big Island of Hawaii. These measurements will provide records of global carbon dioxide (CO2) similar to those gathered for more than six decades at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory (MLO), and will provide key information to track global climate change.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON – On December 14-15, 2022, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas co-hosted the U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministerial at DHS’s St. Elizabeths Campus with Attorney General Merrick Garland. European Union participants included Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, ...

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) will implement another pilot temporary timed entry permit reservation system beginning on May 26, 2023.

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Fort Larned National Historic Site will be closed on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, and New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1, 2023.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
Release: DENVER The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a recruiting event Tuesday, December 20 to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Denver International Airport (DEN).

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Arches National Park will implement an updated timed entry system pilot in 2023. Based on feedback received from the public, stakeholders, and local community members, visitors to Arches in 2023 will have additional flexibilities to enter the park, including the ability to purchase entrance fees or annual passes in advance and to access the park without a reservation during extended hours.


By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on the release of the Oregon Caves Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment (FMP).

By Press release submission | Dec 19, 2022
Indiana Dunes National Park is open for business! The park is looking for service providers for Commercial Use Authorizations (CUA), to provide appropriate business services for visitors. In 2021 alone roughly five million visitors came to the Indiana Dunes.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, are calling on Senate and...