News published on Federal Newswire in December 2022

News from December 2022


Chickasaw National Recreation Area Superintendent Bill Wright will retire at the end of the year. A public retirement reception is scheduled for Monday, December 19th from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the ballroom at the Artesian Hotel. All are welcome at this come and go event.


The National Park Service Denver Service Center is soliciting proposals for rehabilitation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Headquarters and various other construction work in the Sugarlands area.


The Badlands National Park Christmas Bird Count will be held Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.


Join park rangers on Saturday, December 17th for the Christmas Bird Count and on Thursday, December 22nd for “Winter Tales” at the Travertine Nature Center.


The National Park Service will begin repairs and improvements to the Cruz Bay Visitor Center, bulkhead, pier, and a portion of Cruz Bay Creek.


Cleanup of storm related debris continues across Canaveral National Seashore. Ocean swells from Hurricane Nicole heavily impacted the boardwalks in the Playalinda District, depositing large amounts of wooden debris along the shoreline.


The days are getting shorter, which means that the winter solstice is nearly here!


The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration invite public input on Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument Management Plan


Conservation Corner: San Joaquin Kit Foxes Return to Kern National Wildlife Refuge


Ohio contractor that 'scoffed at OSHA inspectors' hit with $414,000 in fines

Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety inspectors found a Middleburg, Ohio, roofing contractor repeatedly failed to protect workers from life-threatening hazards on various job sites.


Graves: U.S. decarbonization efforts 'not happening in a vacuum'

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves called upon leaders in government and business to work together to solve the world's climate-related challenges in his address at the NetZero World Industry Summit.


Blinken: U.S., EU can create good jobs, tackle climate crisis 'and not at each other's expense'

The United States hosted the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) meeting to facilitate progress and reaffirm “international rules-based approaches to trade, technology built on shared democratic principles and values.”


On Dec. 17 at 9 a.m., Wright Brothers National Memorial, First Flight Society and Outer Banks Forever, will celebrate the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright on the 119th anniversary of their first heavier-than-air, controlled, powered flight.


Indiana Dunes National Park and Indiana Dunes Tourism have partnered to offer Drop-In Volunteering, a no-hassle volunteer option for those looking to help out at the Indiana Dunes


Haleakalā National Park is seeking public input in an environmental assessment for the “Suppression of Non-native Mosquito Populations to Address the Impacts of Avian Malaria on Threatened and Endangered Forest Birds on Maui.


Commnet Four Corners, LLC (Commnet) has requested a special use permit from the National Park Service (NPS) to build a new communication tower in the Panther Junction developed area.


The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, operated by the National Park Service (NPS), today announced the acquisition of six properties near the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma for the construction of a $10 million interpretive education center commemorating the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches of 1965.


New footage of a young ʻakēʻakē, an endangered nocturnal seabird, shows the fluffy fledgling emerging from its high-elevation burrow on Mauna Loa about a month before the eruption began, an exciting first for Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.


Glacier Bay National Park will transition from diesel to primarily hydroelectric power this week according to Park Superintendent Philip Hooge.


Mayor Domenic J. Sarno is proud to announce that the City of Springfield has been designated as an American World War II Heritage City by the National Park Service (NPS).