News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
National Park Service (NPS) staff assisted hikers in two separate incidents on Sunday, February 5, 2023.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Coastal Fire Management Zone staff plan to burn approximately 925 acres of fields in the Cades Cove area.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
National Park Service (NPS) Director Chuck Sams met with members of the Alliance of National Heritage Areas Feb. 7 to commemorate the historic signing of the National Heritage Areas Act last month, which establishes a National Heritage Area (NHA) System and a statutory framework for the NPS’s role in its administration.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS) today announced the completion of commercial air tour management voluntary agreements with all air tour operators for Statue of Liberty National Monument and Governors Island National Monument.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
It's never too soon to plan your next visit to Zion National Park! With President's Day and the start of 2023 shuttle service on the horizon, we want you to plan like a park ranger
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Join the Oxford American, Gateway Arch National Park, and Jazz St. Louis for No Tears Project–St. Louis, a residency of free events across April 2023 that will use music and conversation to engage communities in civil rights education and storytelling.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to conduct several prescribed fire operations beginning the week of Feb. 20 through the end of April.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
During the week of Feb. 27 through March 3, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management, in conjunction with Holloman Air Force Base, are planning a prescribed burn in Socorro County.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in conjunction with Holloman Air Force Base, is planning a prescribed burn within Otero County in southern New Mexico the week of Feb. 27 through March 3, 2023.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
A local vendor is selectively removing pinyon pine and juniper trees from approximately 690 acres of the public lands in Smith Valley, about 25 miles northwest of Ely, Nev.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office wants to hear your ideas on how to ensure off-highway vehicle trails are safe and well maintained on public lands throughout Central California at a virtual public meeting on Monday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
In accordance with congressional direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office started a 30-day scoping period to receive public input on 12 parcels totaling 915.59 acres that may be included in an upcoming lease sale. Scoping ends on March 20.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to welcome Dave Pals as the new field manager for the Moab Field Office. Pals brings experience in natural resources management, geology, and knowledge of the Moab area to his new role.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The Friends of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District announce a call to artists to apply for the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Artist in Residence Program to take place May 1-31.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a prescribed burn at the Dripping Springs Natural Area near Las Cruces, N.M. The Dripping Springs prescribed burn is planned for the week of Feb. 27 through March 3
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Beginning mid-February through the month of April, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to conduct prescribed fire operations northwest of Roswell in eastern Lincoln County and east of Roswell in the Sand Ranch Area of Environmental Concern in Chaves County. Both prescribed fires are in coordination with the New Mexico State Land Office.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
Bureau of Land Management released the final environmental impact statement and resource management plan amendment for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Socorro Field Office, in cooperation with private landowners, will burn sacaton draws east of Socorro, N.M., between Feb. 27 and March 31, weather permitting. During this week, Fire Management crews monitor daily weather to decide which date the burn will take place.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Republican members of Congress on field tours and a hearing to hear from Americans in New Mexico and Texas about how onshore energy leasing revenues benefit their communities.
By Press release submission | Feb 18, 2023
House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing titled "Dependence on Foreign Adversaries: America’s Critical Minerals Crisis." Subcommittee Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) issued the following statement in response:
