News published on Federal Newswire in October 2022

News from October 2022


When you close your eyes and think of a healthy forest, you may picture one that’s thick with trees.


Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge marked a milestone recently, celebrating its 75th birthday with a special day-long event.


Weyerhaeuser Timber Holdings, Inc. has developed a Safe Harbor Agreement with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) for marbled murrelets, a federally threatened seabird, on its private land in Washington.


Seeing a forest recently burned in a wildfire can be jarring.


Mary Jane Marcucci’s art has evolved to primarily en plain air studies, many of them pastel impressions.



Invasive green crabs (aka European green crabs, Carcinus maenas) are shore crabs native to Europe and North Africa.


Beginning Saturday, October 15, the portion of Thunder Creek Trail from the trailhead to Neve Camp, Panther Creek Trail from the trailhead to Neve Camp, and Thunder Knob Trail are closed due to fire activity.


Two felony cases investigated by Law Enforcement Rangers within Ozark National Scenic Riverways resulted in federal prison sentences.


The three-and-a-half-mile summit road for Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park will close to all traffic including pedestrians and bicyclists for the season on November 14 for road repairs and culvert replacements.


Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the reopening of Look Rock Campground following a nine-year closure.


Bent’s Fort was a trading post operated by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company as a private place of business that relied on peaceful relations with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche, Kiowa, and other Plains Nations who traded buffalo robes and livestock for the manufactured and commercial goods available at the fort


Submit your favorite Bent’s Old Fort photo for a chance for it to be featured on the 2023 Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Annual Pass.


The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input as we take steps to improve a 1.25-acre park known as Parkland in Congress Heights. On Oct. 20, the NPS will host a virtual public meeting to share design ideas for Parkland, and to hear from residents on how they would like to use the park


Yellowstone National Park increases fire danger to HIGH 


Martin Van Buren National Historic Site will host "Phenology Past and Present at Lindenwald," with a look at how the changing climate is affecting the timing of trees and shrubs at Lindenwald on Saturday, October 22nd.


Beginning Monday October 17, 2022, visitors to Bandelier National Monument should be prepared for periodic closures of trails and archaeological sites in Frijoles Canyon as construction projects begin.


Although the National Park Service (NPS) is over 100 years old, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park commemorates its 30th anniversary this fall.


Make plans to view the wonders of the night sky at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park on Saturday, October 22.


October not only brings cooler temperatures and changing colors to the Paunsaugunt plateau, but also annual changes to services and operations at Bryce Canyon National Park.