WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: MISSOULA, Mont. The Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) are announcing the first completed land acquisition within the Gold and Twin Creeks area of the Blackfoot River Watershed. The recently purchased parcel, known as the Upper Gold Creek East Parcel, placed 3,264 acres into federal public ownership on Nov. 6, 2024, using funds from the Land and Water Co  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Cochiti Pueblo are announcing the reopening of Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument on Nov. 21, 2024. The Monument was temporarily closed in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, BLM and Cochiti Pueblo jointly agreed to maintain the closure after pandemic restrictions were lifted in order to renegotiate   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ST. GEORGE, Utah The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a final supplemental environmental analysis of the proposed Northern Corridor highway in Washington County, Utah. The BLM, in coordination with the FWS, identified a preferred management alternative that endorses improvement of the existing Red Hills Parkway Expressway to ease con  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: NOV. 5, 2024 The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to hold a webinar November 19 to share the work underway on the Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement Project and how the public can provide feedback on this work. The Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement Project is focused on how detailed race/ethnicity populations and American Indian or Alaska Native tribes and villages will be coded in the American Community Survey (ACS)  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 7 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Center for Safer Schools issued the following news release: As the science of reading reaches full implementation in North Carolina, new data presented to the State Board of Education today shows that K-3 students are making significant progress in being on track and narrowing the racial achievement gap when it comes to literacy. Beginning-of-year data from the DIBELS 8 (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Lit  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: The NOAA Veterans Corps provides opportunities for military veterans to build their skills and work experience contributing to habitat and fisheries restoration projects. Through strong partnerships, the months to years-long paid training program for veterans includes marine and freshwater restoration for native fish and other natural resources. Veterans Corps members' experiences can also inc  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau Tony L. Whitehead didn't think twice in August 2020 before accepting his appointment as the Guard's senior-most noncommissioned officer and principal military advisor on enlisted matters. It seemed that the Guard had never been in greater demand. Guard members across the country were mobilized in support of local communities battling COVID-19 during   more