News from March 2023

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Cape Cod National Seashore is currently accepting volunteer applications for the “Beach Apparatus Drill” program, a demonstration performed by volunteers and park staff to depict the live-saving measures used at the Old Harbor Life Saving Station at Race Point Beach.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Valles Caldera National Preserve and New Mexico Gas Company achieved a significant milestone in the retirement of a natural gas pipeline in the park.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Due to a predicted major precipitation event at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, the Ash Mountain entrance to Sequoia National Park is anticipated to close on Thursday, March 9 at 6 pm.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
On Tuesday, March 7, a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight observed the first grizzly bear of 2023 to emerge from hibernation.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Big Cypress National Preserve’s planned prescribed fires will likely be affected by a burn ban instituted by Collier County Bureau of Emergency Services.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Destination Death Valley, LLC to operate visitor services in Death Valley National Park under a 10-year concession contract

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
On Monday, March 6 at approximately 2:45 pm, Big Bend National Park’s Communications Center received a call requesting emergency assistance along the Hot Springs Canyon Trail.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
The National Park Service is preparing to conduct a prescribed burn at Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park in early spring, depending on weather conditions.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
The National Park Service (NPS) is taking steps to improve safety on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway through new and improved signs, mile markers and guardrails.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park can expect long lines and full parking lots during the spring break season, which spans from early March through mid-April.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Angela Egizi has been selected as the new National Park Service (NPS) human resources assistant at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
The National Park Service (NPS) announces the temporary closure of the Fire Island Lighthouse Tower in Fire Island National Seashore.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
The National Park Service (NPS) is inviting comments from the public on the proposed rehabilitation of the Tidal Basin and West Potomac Park seawalls.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Prince William Forest Park, a unit of the National Park System, will be hosting a Youth Conservation Corp (YCC) work team during the summer of 2023.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Recent favorable weather conditions have allowed Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Appalachian Piedmont Coastal Fire Management staff to plan upcoming prescribed burns in the Cades Cove area.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Construction activities will resume on Moose-Wilson Road, south of Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve (LSRP), in early April.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve recently awarded an approximately $16.7 million construction contract to replace concession housing at Bartlett Cove.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
National Park Service biologists discovered the first shorebird nest of the season on March 1, 2023

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
Joshua Tree National Park is preparing a grant application for the 2023 California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division (OHMVR) Restoration Grant.

By Interior Newswire Reports | Mar 14, 2023
The Bureau of Land Management Burley Field Office will extend the seasonal motorized travel closure in the South Hills area, south of Twin Falls, to Saturday, April 15, 2023