Nine Yosemite rangers received Valor Awards from Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne at the 65th Annual Honor Awards Convocation in Washington DC on May 13, 2008. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/valor2008.htm
Read More »Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis Visit Yosemite National Park
Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis toured Yosemite National Park this weekend. This was Salazar’s first official visit to Yosemite National Park and Jarvis’ first visit as the Director of the National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/news/salazarvisit.htm
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Three Yosemite National Park employees were honored on July 4th by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke at the 73rd Honor Award Convocation Ceremony in Washington, D.C. Park Ranger Jesse McGahey, Park Ranger Philip N. Johnson, and Firefighter/Paramedic Nick Bliss received the Valor Award of the Department of the Interior …
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The White House is getting ready to move on a contentious plan to shrink national monuments in the West, which could involve the redrawing of borders at several that are … Click to Continue »
Read More »Interior Department gives Trump list of ‘a handful’ of national monuments to shrink
The White House is getting ready to move on a contentious plan to shrink public lands in the West, which could involve the redrawing of borders at several national monuments … Click to Continue »
Read More »Interior Secretary Zinke visits Kings Canyon National Park
New Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke participates in a firefighting exercise during his first visit to Kings Canyon National Park on Friday, April 14, 2017. Zinke addressed wildfire prevention, infrastructure updates and public land use. … Click to Continue »
Read More »In the West, coal represents the polluted past � except in the interior West
Environmentalists and energy experts have been saying it for a while now. So have private investors and federal regulators. Lawmakers across the West are increasingly saying it, too: The reign of King Coal is over. … Click to Continue »
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