News from February 2022
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation selected two winners in phase 2 of the Rust Busters Prize Competition
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
Reclamation's February forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows:Bighorn Lake - Bighorn River April through July inflow to Bighorn Lake is forecast to be approximately 900,000 acre-feet (af), which is 73% of the 30-year average of 1,228,500 af.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared the February snowmelt runoff forecasts and operating plans for the North Platte River Basin.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
Homestead National Historical Park will be sharing a video presentation entitled Cultivating Connection: Black Homesteading in America on Sunday, February 27, at 2:00 p.m.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
On February 10, 2022, at approximately 11:00 am, a white 2020 Mazda Miata MX-5 was traveling westbound on CA-190 just east of Towne Pass.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission will meet by teleconference on Tuesday, March 1, and Wednesday, March 2, 2022, to consider a range of issues related to subsistence hunting and fishing in the park.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
How would you like to work, learn, play and serve in Yellowstone’s wonderland on its 150th anniversary? Yellowstone National Park is currently recruiting for the 2022 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), a residential work-based education program for people between the ages of 15 and 18.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
Gettysburg National Military Park and the South Mountain Audubon Society invite the public to participate in a free guided bird walk on February 19 at the Emmanuel Harman farm, a battlefield site that is the former Gettysburg Country Club.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo has appointed 29 outside experts to serve on the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC), which provides advice on a range of policy and technical issues related to wireless technology and the use of spectrum.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
The NOAA Fisheries Inclusive Fisheries InternSHip (IN FISH!)
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
When it comes to marine mammals in Hawai‘i, there are certainly a few stars who always steal the show.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
NOAA Fisheries responded to a dead humpback whale calf on February 6, 2022, near the Wailupe peninsula, Oʻahu.
By Press release submission | Feb 14, 2022
Under the Endangered Species Act, NOAA Fisheries is required to conduct a review of listed species every 5 years, including the Southern Resident killer whale.
By Press release submission | Feb 13, 2022
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found that traffic deaths in Utah decreased, and more drivers said they arranged for sober rides home, when the State lowered its impaired driving legal limit to .05%.In a new study published today, NHTSA found Utah’s fatal crash rate dropped by 19.8% in 2019, the first year under the lower legal limit, and the fatality rate decreased by 18.3%.
By Press release submission | Feb 13, 2022
Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022: Stakeholder Priorities”:
By Press release submission | Feb 13, 2022
Today, Max Vekich, President Biden’s nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission, and Aberdeen, Washington Native, was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 51-43.
By Press release submission | Feb 13, 2022
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, told leaders for NASA’s human exploration, space technology, and science programs that the oversight and responsibility for NASA missions, including those supporting the Artemis Program, reside squarely with NASA.
By Press release submission | Feb 13, 2022
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today delivered the following remarks during a second nominations hearing to consider Gigi Sohn to be Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
