News from March 2022

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
National Park Service (NPS) Director Chuck Sams visited the heartland today to learn about the 1908 Race Riot site in Springfield, Illinois as the NPS begins a special resource study to evaluate the potential for inclusion of the site into the National Park System.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
What’s the news? Maine’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet network expansion currently underway by AT&T.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered a potential source of error when using acoustic waves to measure the properties of fluids such as blood.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Strong relationships and Bonneville Power funding help save imperiled fish.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Weather is one of the most important determinants of how easily a wildfire starts, how dangerous it is, how fast it spreads and where it goes.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.36 million grant to Pikeville Medical Center, Inc., Pikeville, Kentucky, for the provision of new equipment that will be used to meet patient demand and critical healthcare needs.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced that the United States and Japan have reached an agreement to increase the beef safeguard trigger level under the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking three nominees for the Christmas Tree Promotion Board.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with The Thomasville Stockyard LLC (Thomasville) of Cairo, Ga., on March 3, 2022

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Secretary Vilsack to Give Speech Highlighting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Robust Efforts to Tackle Nutrition Insecurity

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced that Canada is expected to soon resume exporting Prince Edward Island (PEI) table stock potatoes into the contiguous United States.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Department is extending to May 11, 2022, the application deadline for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP), which provides funding to expand meat and poultry processing capacity.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
oin a birding expert from the Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society on Sundays, April 3, and May 1, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, for a migration birding hike.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is preparing a Draft Accessibility Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan. As part of the planning process, the National Park Service is seeking public comment on the draft plan.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Dear neighbors and friends of Virgin Islands National Park,The National Park Service (NPS) seeks public input on a potential land exchange between Virgin Islands National Park and the Territorial government of the US Virgin Islands (GVI) on St. John.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, April 9, at 9 am, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with Outdoor Chattanooga, will conduct a FREE, 3- hour, historical kayak tour.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Subsistence Resource Commission Meeting Via Microsoft Teams/Teleconference Only

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Olympic National Park is seeking public input on the proposed rehabilitation of the Cape Alava and Sand Point trails located within the park’s Ozette area.

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Sixty years ago, a 23-year-old man from Japan, with no passport, no money, and little knowledge of English, realized his dream: fulfilling a solo voyage across the Pacific to pass what he considered the best finish line in the world- the Golden Gate Bridge

By Press release submission | Mar 30, 2022
Travelers on Utah State Highway 95 in rural Utah are advised that beginning April 1, 2022, and until further notice, fuel service will not be available in Hite, Utah.