The most recent press release, "Cape Hatteras National Seashore invites community to discuss status of oceanfront houses in Rodanthe," was submitted on Feb. 28.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service published 165 press releases the month before, marking a 0.6 percent increase for the current month.
The National Park Service cares for the more than 400 national parks in the US. It works with local communities to help with historic preservation as well as the establishment and upkeep of recreational places.
The Great American Outdoors Act was enacted to increase recreational options and address long-overdue infrastructure and modernization issues in the National Park System.
Press releases by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service in February
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Cape Hatteras National Seashore invites community to discuss status of oceanfront houses in Rodanthe | 02/28/2022 |
| Temporary closures for peregrine falcon nesting in Acadia National Park | 02/28/2022 |
| National Park Service Director Sams tours South Florida national parks and preserve, highlights commitment to restoring and rehabilitating ecosystems and critical infrastructure | 02/28/2022 |
| Thousands of Rare Edison Disc Phonograph Recordings Released Online | 02/28/2022 |
| Zion National Park looks back on record setting 2021 and forward to collaborative planning for the future | 02/28/2022 |
| Hot Spring National Park West Mountain Road Extended Closure Monday, February 28 through Monday, March 14, 2022 for Continued Road Maintenance | 02/28/2022 |
| Prescribed Burn at George Washington Carver National Monument | 02/28/2022 |
| Yellowstone National Park turns 150 March 1, 2022 | 02/28/2022 |
| Haleakalā National Park Public Scoping Period Begins for Air Tour Management Plan | 02/28/2022 |
| Public input needed on potential alternatives for the draft air tour management plan for Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park | 02/28/2022 |
| Grand Canyon National Park announces backcountry camping fee increase | 02/28/2022 |
| Grant Hilderbrand selected as Associate Regional Director for Resources for the National Park Service in Alaska | 02/28/2022 |
| Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park expects to release the General Management Plan Amendment for a 30-day public comment period | 02/28/2022 |
| Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Announces Prescribed Burns | 02/27/2022 |
| Increased Visitation at Bandelier, Manhattan Project, and Valles Caldera in 2021 | 02/26/2022 |
| Fort Donelson main unit road closed to vehicle access Monday, February 28, 2022 | 02/26/2022 |
| National Park Service hosts additional Caneel Bay outreach sessions | 02/26/2022 |
| Grand Reopening of Capitol Reef Visitor Center | 02/25/2022 |
| Vicksburg National Military Park requiring entrance passes from all visitors and changes park tour road opening time to 8:30 am | 02/25/2022 |
| Fishing Closures in Olympic National Park Rivers to Protect Wild Steelhead | 02/25/2022 |
| Deer in DC-area national parks test positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 | 02/25/2022 |
| It’s Maple Sugar Time at Indiana Dunes National Park | 02/25/2022 |
| Save the Date: Railfest returns to Steamtown National Historic Site June 11-12, 2022 | 02/25/2022 |
| New film created by the National Park Service tells the story of a local mountain previously named a racial slur | 02/25/2022 |
| National Park Service Issues Marquette Greenway Trail – Salt Creek Connection Environmental Assessment | 02/25/2022 |
| Upcoming Civil War Virtual Lecture Series | 02/25/2022 |
| Nez Perce National Historical Park Visitor Center, March 15-17 Closure | 02/25/2022 |
| Yellowstone road improvement projects in 2022; $155 million invested to improve safety, access and experience on park roads Completed 2021 projects; Tower-Roosevelt to Chittenden Road to reopen and visitor services at North Entrance enhanced | 02/24/2022 |
| COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVITED TO JOIN MANZANAR VOLUNTEER DAY | 02/24/2022 |
| Denali Park Road Opens to Mountain Vista on February 24, 2022 | 02/24/2022 |
| Andalusia Farm, home to author Flannery O’Connor, designated as a National Historic Landmark | 02/24/2022 |
| A VIRTUAL SEA MUSIC CONCERT CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH | 02/24/2022 |
| Project set to begin at restroom facility near Ocracoke Island Discovery Center | 02/24/2022 |
| 2021 Shackleford Banks Horses Annual Findings Report Released | 02/23/2022 |
| Hot Springs National Park Breaks Visitation Records in 2021 | 02/23/2022 |
| K. Lynn Berry selected as superintendent of four Oakland area national parks | 02/23/2022 |
| K. Lynn Berry selected as superintendent of four Oakland area national parks | 02/23/2022 |
| Riverways ranger selected as law enforcement instructor of the year | 02/23/2022 |
| African American History Festival at Fort Frederica National Monument | 02/23/2022 |
| Visitation Reaches 1.33 Million in 2021 | 02/23/2022 |
| Vehicle reservations for Cadillac Summit Road on sale starting February 25 | 02/22/2022 |
| National Park Service Requests Public Input on Project to Plant Giant Sequoia Seedlings in Area Burned at High Severity in the 2020 Castle Fire within Sequoia National Park | 02/22/2022 |
| Saratoga Battlefield begins $6+ million rehabilitation project | 02/22/2022 |
| Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park shares 2021 visitation numbers and tips for visiting lesser known sites | 02/22/2022 |
| Interagency Bison Management Plan bison operations begin in Yellowstone National Park | 02/22/2022 |
| Grand Teton National Park to conduct aerial operations to cull non-native mountain goats | 02/22/2022 |
| Grand Canyon National Park Announces Tips for Spring Break Travel and Shuttle Bus Schedule | 02/22/2022 |
| Winterfest Activities on February 26 & 27, 2022 | 02/22/2022 |
| Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park Seeks Volunteers for Weed Wrangle 2022 | 02/21/2022 |
| San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Sails Past Visitation Milestone | 02/18/2022 |
| Joshua Tree National Park Climbing Management Plan Public Scoping Extended to March 13, 2022 | 02/18/2022 |
| Denali Subsistence Resource Commission Teleconference March 2, 2022 | 02/18/2022 |
| Record Visitation at Guadalupe Mountains National Park in 2021 | 02/18/2022 |
| Time to catch a ride in Zion National Park | 02/18/2022 |
| Mount Rainier National Park reopens Carbon River area access | 02/18/2022 |
| Golden Gate National Recreation Area remained very popular with visitors in 2021 | 02/18/2022 |
| Participate in a Backcountry Adventure at Petrified Forest National Park | 02/17/2022 |
| Anacapa Island Wharf Construction Set to Begin | 02/17/2022 |
| Big South Fork NRRA Saw Highest Visitation in 20 Years In 2021 | 02/17/2022 |
| Cable Connector Trail Bike Rule Finalized | 02/17/2022 |
| February-March IPM Webinars – Aquatic Invasive Species, Pesticides, and Pollinators | 02/17/2022 |
| Blue Ridge Parkway visitation tops 15 million in 2021 | 02/17/2022 |
| Over one million people enjoyed Death Valley in 2021 | 02/17/2022 |
| Owl prowl and howl hike hosted at Alley Spring | 02/16/2022 |
| Joshua Tree National Park management is pleased to announce a new art exhibition by former Mojave National Preserve Artist-in-Residence, Dani Dodge. Embracing the Incarnate is inspired by Dodge’s study of Joshua trees at Mojave National Preserve between 2 | 02/16/2022 |
| Vegetation Pile Burns Planned in Southeast Utah National Parks and Monuments | 02/16/2022 |
| Mighty Mules and Friends Celebrate Over Three Decades of Combined Service | 02/16/2022 |
| Voyageurs National Park Has a New Tour Boat for Namakan Basin Explorations | 02/16/2022 |
| Yosemite National Park Launches Temporary Peak Hours Reservation System May 20 | 02/16/2022 |
| Great Sand Dunes Begins Recruitment for the 2022 Conservation Internship Program | 02/16/2022 |
| Most famous national parks set visitation records in 2021 | 02/16/2022 |
| Valley Forge National Historical Park Dedicates Completion of Renovated Visitor Center | 02/16/2022 |
| Vicksburg National Military Park recruiting Licensed Battlefield Guides | 02/16/2022 |
| Virtual Nature Matters: Estuary Habitat | 02/15/2022 |
| Longfellow’s Inkstand Conserved | 02/15/2022 |
| Mount Rainier National Park updates permit application fees | 02/15/2022 |
| South Louisiana national parks receive $29M for Hurricane Ida recovery | 02/15/2022 |
| Temporary Closures In Lumpy Ridge And Loch Vale Areas Begin February 15 To Protect Nesting Raptors In Rocky Mountain National Park | 02/15/2022 |
| Missing Man and Child Located | 02/15/2022 |
| Yellowstone to improve telecommunications systems in developed areas | 02/14/2022 |
| Fatal vehicle collision 2-10-2022 | 02/14/2022 |
| Wrangell Subsistence Resource Commission Announces March 1-2 Meeting | 02/14/2022 |
| Yellowstone recruiting for 2022 Youth Conservation Corps program | 02/14/2022 |
| You can help with the Great Backyard Bird Count at Gettysburg National Military Park on February 19 | 02/14/2022 |
| Homestead National Historical Park to show Black History Month Program – “Cultivating Connection: Black Homesteading in America” | 02/14/2022 |
| Rangers respond to fatality in Apocalypse Couloir | 02/13/2022 |
| Flagstaff Area National Monuments Host ‘Great Backyard Bird Count’ Event | 02/13/2022 |
| Outer Banks community invited to join Cape Hatteras National Seashore rangers at beach cleanup event | 02/13/2022 |
| Pea Ridge National Military Park Announces Prescribed Burns 2022 | 02/11/2022 |
| Prescribed Fires Planned at Hot Springs National Park | 02/11/2022 |
| West Mountain Road to close temporarily for culvert replacement | 02/11/2022 |
| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park announces seasonal closures to protect peregrine falcons | 02/11/2022 |
| Clean up of collapsed house at Cape Hatteras National Seashore to begin | 02/11/2022 |
| Visitor Center Closed for Installation of New Exhibits | 02/11/2022 |
| New Vault Toilets Replaced & Installed in Several Locations Throughout Obed Wild & Scenic River | 02/11/2022 |
| 2022 Civil War Encampment Schedule of Events | 02/11/2022 |
| StoryWalk® Comes to the Island Ford Unit of Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | 02/10/2022 |
| Padre Island National Seashore Plans Prescribed Fire to Benefit Island Ecosystem | 02/10/2022 |
| The National Park Service and New York City Announce Path Forward on Construction of the Staten Island Coastal Storm Risk Management Project and Remediation Across Three Boroughs | 02/10/2022 |
| New Leadership at Minidoka National Historic Site, Friends of Minidoka | 02/10/2022 |
| National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation to host National Day of Remembrance virtual events | 02/10/2022 |
| John Banks Named as New NPS Fire and Aviation Customer Support IT Specialist | 02/10/2022 |
| National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation to host National Day of Remembrance virtual events | 02/10/2022 |
| Group of three national park sites in eastern North Carolina hosted record number of visits in 2021 | 02/10/2022 |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park receives $31 M to repair Foothills Parkway West | 02/10/2022 |
| EA Public Review Period for South Unit Road Repair | 02/10/2022 |
| Bridge 12 of the Mount Vernon Trail is getting a makeover! | 02/10/2022 |
| PUBLIC ARCHEOLOGY IS BACK AT MANZANAR THREE VOLUNTEER PROJECTS IN 2022 | 02/10/2022 |
| Single-vehicle collision 2-8-2022 | 02/10/2022 |
| Construct a New West Entrance Fee Station Environmental Assessment Public Review and Comment | 02/09/2022 |
| Springfield Armory National Historic Site Receives National Park Foundation Open OutDoors for Kids Grant to develop a Traveling Education Trunk Program | 02/09/2022 |
| National Park and Indiana Dunes Tourism offer Volunteer Opportunities | 02/09/2022 |
| Everglades National Park seeks public input on Environmental Assessment for Shark Valley Site Plan Project | 02/09/2022 |
| Bryce Canyon Announces Shuttle Bus Contract Award to Red Canyon Transit, L.L.C. | 02/09/2022 |
| Cape Hatteras National Seashore warns visitors of beach debris between Rodanthe and Salvo | 02/09/2022 |
| Public input sought on proposed action for Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park’s Disaster Recovery Project | 02/09/2022 |
| Acquisition More than Doubles the Size of Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park | 02/09/2022 |
| Park History Weekend 2022 | 02/09/2022 |
| Caneel Bay Redevelopment Public Comment Period Extended | 02/08/2022 |
| Haleakalā National Park Asks for Assistance with Tree Poaching Violations | 02/08/2022 |
| Pile Burns Planned in Parks Through Mid-March | 02/08/2022 |
| National Park Service Seeks Comment on Environmental Assessment for National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial | 02/08/2022 |
| 2022 Spring Turkey Hunt at Cape Cod National Seashore | 02/08/2022 |
| ENCORE! Mountain Lion Ecology in the Jemez Mountains — Large Mammal Monitoring Project | 02/07/2022 |
| Abraham Lincoln's Birthday to be Observed at the Lincoln Memorial | 02/07/2022 |
| Buffalo National River Seeks Public Comments on the Cave Mountain Road Environmental Assessment | 02/07/2022 |
| Search Underway for Two Missing Persons | 02/07/2022 |
| Congaree National Park Conducting Prescribed Burn (Feb-March 2022) | 02/07/2022 |
| National Park Service Seeking Applicants for 2022 Youth Conservation Corps | 02/07/2022 |
| Texas State Aquarium Helps Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles from Padre Island National Sea Shore | 02/07/2022 |
| Valles Caldera National Preserve Continues Winter Prescribed Burns | 02/04/2022 |
| Vehicle Reservations for Glacier National Park Go Online March 2 at 8 am MST | 02/04/2022 |
| National Park Service will participate in first multi-country World Heritage List nomination for the U.S. | 02/04/2022 |
| Changes to Superintendent’s Compendium at Joshua Tree National Park | 02/04/2022 |
| Rangers Respond to Single Vehicle Accident along Highway 64 in Grand Canyon National Park | 02/04/2022 |
| MANZANAR FEATURES “GO FOR BROKE SPIRIT” EVENT & EXHIBIT | 02/04/2022 |
| Fort Donelson National Battlefield closed Friday, February 4, following ice storm | 02/04/2022 |
| Nauset Light Beach Parking Lot Temporarily Closed Due to Erosion Concerns | 02/04/2022 |
| Great Backyard Bird Count at Fort Clatsop | 02/03/2022 |
| Join the Klahowya Youth Volunteer Program | 02/03/2022 |
| Short-term Closures of Trails due to Maintenance in Zion National Park | 02/03/2022 |
| Update on three grounded vessels at Cape Hatteras National Seashore | 02/03/2022 |
| Fort Donelson NB is hosting events in observance of the 160th Anniversary of the Battles of Forts Henry and Donelson | 02/03/2022 |
| Fort Pickens Area to Close to Day Use Due to Anticipated Flooding | 02/03/2022 |
| Volunteers Needed for Annual Cumberland Trail Day | 02/03/2022 |
| Santa Monica Mountains Nat’l Recreation Area receives National Park Foundation grant | 02/03/2022 |
| Registration Open for Annual Oscar Blevins Trail Runs at Big South Fork NRRA | 02/03/2022 |
| Fort Donelson National Battlefield is closed today, Thursday, February 3, due to anticipated winter storm | 02/03/2022 |
| Lassen Volcanic Seeks Comment on Project to Improve Water Supply at Two Campgrounds | 02/03/2022 |
| Two vessels ground on beach north of Oregon Inlet at Cape Hatteras National Seashore | 02/02/2022 |
| Youth Arts in the Parks 2022 Art Contest Nears Deadline | 02/02/2022 |
| Prescription Burn in Bill's Hill | 02/02/2022 |
| National Park Service proposes permanent closure of Maryland Heights parking areas at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | 02/02/2022 |
| Feral Hog Trapping Permits Available February 7, 2022 | 02/02/2022 |
| Advance reservations available in February for Yellowstone National Park visitors at additional campgrounds | 02/02/2022 |
| Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Horticulturalist Kim Murray Retires | 02/02/2022 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Announces Black History Month Virtual Programs | 02/02/2022 |
| Devils Tower Sees Record-breaking Visitation in 2021 | 02/02/2022 |
| Rocky Mountain National Park Hosting Virtual "Science Behind the Scenery" Webinar Series | 02/01/2022 |
| National Park Service’s 28 days of Black history celebration | 02/01/2022 |
| Park Announces Plans for 2022 Spring Fishing Season | 02/01/2022 |
| Phantom Ranch Wastewater Treatment Plant Repairs Begin | 02/01/2022 |
| Grand Canyon National Park Announces 2023 Noncommercial River Trip Lottery Period | 02/01/2022 |
| Salem Maritime publishes a new guide to uncovering Black history in Essex County | 02/01/2022 |
| Select tree cutting on Little Round Top | 02/01/2022 |
| CONSERVATION THROUGH THE ARTS | 02/01/2022 |
