News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Dolphin and Union Caribou Listed as Endangered

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.


Recovery effort underway near The Sinks; Little River Road closed from Metcalf to Townsend Wye

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.


Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve Seeks Comments on a Draft Fire Management Plan Update

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on the release of the Oregon Caves Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment (FMP).


Statement on P-22 from Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

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.


Zion National Park announces 2023 Angels Landing Pilot Permit Program Seasonal Lottery dates

Zion National Park is providing four seasonal lotteries for hikers who want to visit Angels Landing in 2023.


Release: Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Timothy Betts travels to Japan, the Philippines, and India December 8-14.


Niger National Day

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.


Uēkahuna overlook, restroom and parking lot reopen

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.



Hagerman Park Film Awarded First Place

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.


University of Hawaii, NOAA to gather climate change data following Mauna Loa eruption

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.


Readout of U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial

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, ...


Rocky Mountain National Park continues pilot timed entry permit reservations from May 26 through October 22

Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) will implement another pilot temporary timed entry permit reservation system beginning on May 26, 2023.


Holiday Closures

Fort Larned National Historic Site will be closed on Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, and New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1, 2023.


TSA hosting recruiting event for DEN on December 20

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).


Arches Will Implement Updated Pilot Timed Entry System in 2023

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.


A Night in Shenandoah

News Release: * Return to The Civil War.


Oregon Caves Fire Management Plan

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on the release of the Oregon Caves Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment (FMP).


Business Opportunities at Indiana Dunes National Park

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.


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...