News from October 2022
By Lucas Nava | Oct 10, 2022
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service and the University of Montana have developed a method to predict which of the Great Basin's more than 60 million acres are most likely to experience a large rangeland fire.
By Karen Kidd | Oct 10, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management's Canyon Country District in Utah now has an artist-in-residence, H. Walck, the artist who creates as Pine Bones.
By Andy Nghiem | Oct 10, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging Midwest employers to highlight lawn safety following two fatal roll-over accidents that happened just days apart.
By Karen Kidd | Oct 10, 2022
Homeland Security Investigations knows its mission and role to track down human rights abuses
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on keeping the pressure on Russia and its enablers: examining the reach of and next steps for U.S. sanctions. The witnesses included ...
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
Release: The United States welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) at the 51st Human Rights Council session. We view the ICHREE as an important complementary mechanism to Ethiopia’s domestic accountability efforts. We continue to urge the Government of Ethiopia to grant the ICHREE unhindered access so it can be independent, effective, and transparent in discharging its mandate.
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
Release: An irreplaceable U.S. ally for seven decades, the Philippines has long been at the forefront of preserving the free and open regional order in Southeast Asia and the greater Indo-Pacific region. The Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America,...
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s plan to again provide unilateral sanctions relief to Venezuela’s criminal network:
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Employees or self-employed individuals in Puerto Rico who became unemployed as a direct consequence of Hurricane Fiona, may be eligible to receive Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA). Survivors from all 78 municipalities are eligible to apply for disaster assistance.
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
News Release: From players and coaches engaging youth abroad to teams mentoring emerging women in sport, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the National Football League (NFL) announced today plans to create new opportunities for collaboration and cooperation through sports diplomacy, a powerful tool used to support U.S. foreign policy at home and abroad.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON -- More than $168 million in federal disaster assistance has gone to Hurricane Ian survivors. FEMA and its state partners are opening more Disaster Recovery Centers, while hundreds of Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) specialists are going door-to-door to help survivors sign up for assistance in affected communities.
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have offered bipartisan legislation to empower U.S. authorities to seize high-priced ...
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of State and Taiwan, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representation Office in the United States, are proud to partner with the Grameen Foundation to launch the Building Economic Inclusion via the Blue Economy (BELUU) program,...
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Putin’s illegal annexation of four territories in Ukraine:
By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2022
Celebrate National Fossil Day at John Day Fossil BedsNational Fossil Day poster with brown border and scene of prehistoric forest plants and aanimals. Text includes, National Fossil Day, Discovery, Science, Prehistoric Life, and October 12, 2022
By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2022
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Announces Winter Visitor Center Hours
By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2022
San Juan Island NHP American Camp Visitor Center Installs Public Art and Announces Winter Hours
By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2022
2022 Buoy Removal and No Hunting Reminders in Voyageurs National Park
By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2022
Desolation Area Trail and Camp Closures
