News from October 2022
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Gateway Arch Park Foundation is proud to join forces with the National Park Service to present a “Salute to Veterans” on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 1 p.m. The concert will take place at Luther Ely Smith Square on the Gateway Arch National Park grounds.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Beginning Friday, Oct. 14, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks will initiate emergency actions to protect giant sequoias from the threats posed by high-intensity wildfire.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Interior Department Takes Next Steps to Update Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Starting at 1:00pm on October 22nd, the railroad crossing on highway 77 in Holbrook will be closed for maintenance.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Join the staff and volunteers of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park as we commemorate the 159th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga with a series special programs taking place in and around the city from November 19-25, 2022.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom will host a “Seashore Soundings” program on Thursday, October 20 at 6:00 pm at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
As temperatures cool, Death Valley National Park is opening campgrounds. The National Park Service (NPS) and Caltrans are making progress reopening flood-damaged roads.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 1:00pm on Wednesday October 19th, 2022.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
For a second year in a row, the National Park Service (NPS) is providing supplemental water at the Tomales Point Tule Elk Reserve within Point Reyes National Seashore (Seashore) in response to ongoing drought conditions.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Due to the continued small size of harvestable razor clams on Kalaloch beach, Olympic National Park will not hold a 2022/2023 recreational razor clam harvest season.Each summer, biologists from Olympic National Park, the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN), the Hoh Indian Tribe (Hoh), and the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) conduct razor clam assessments.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
A fire on Sunday afternoon, October 9, at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park’s newly acquired Kahuku-Pōhue parcel, was extinguished thanks to a coordinated response from Hawaiʻi County and National Park Service firefighter crews.Hawaiʻi County Fire Department arrived first to the remote location and used a brush truck and two tankers from Ocean View and Pāhala to put out the fire.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent, Ed Keable, has announced the availability of a prospectus for a business opportunity in the park to provide lodging, food and beverage, retail, and other visitor services on the North Rim.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Some of the state’s most at-risk youth from Hawai‛i Girls Court spent three days and two nights in Haleakalā National Park as part of an immersive outdoor experience.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Salem Maritime National Historic Site announces that a contract has been awarded for approximately $1.3 million to repair Friendship of Salem.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input and holding virtual public meetings on a proposed project to rehabilitate (replace and upgrade) up to 9 miles of fence at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, located on the island of Molokai in Hawai’i.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Beginning Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the Life of the Marsh Trail and Life of the Forest Trail will be closed for construction.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Julie Bennett has been selected as the new specialist for the Incident Business program within National Park Service Branch of Wildland Fire, replacing Christine Peters, who retired last year.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Upper Snake Field Office, is temporarily closing the Teton Park Road across the Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National Park on an intermittent basis from Oct. 11 through Oct. 29 to perform crane work on the dam.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), Yosemite National Park was recently awarded an approximately $31.6 million construction contract to upgrade the historic Ahwahnee Hotel.
By Press release submission | Oct 15, 2022
Valles Caldera National Preserve has prepared an environmental assessment to analyze impacts associated with proposed infrastructure improvements in the park’s Valle Grande District. These improvements are intended to enhance recreational opportunities, accessibility, and protection of the park’s natural and cultural values.
