Interior Department announces National Park Week
The Department of the Interior today announced that National Park Week will run from April 17 to April 25 with a variety of activites planned.
The Department of the Interior today announced that National Park Week will run from April 17 to April 25 with a variety of activites planned.
Tarra Nieman has been named the 2021 Community Volunteer Ambassador at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site has added a new maintenance staff member.
The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site facilities in Kiowa County, Colorado, are resuming normal operations as the county shifts to lower COVID-19 restrictions.
A new visitor and education center for the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site will open in early November.
Colorado's economy received a boost last year from activities that took place on lands managed by the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), according to the federal government.
Bent's Old Fort in southeast Colorado will be holding an Independence Dat parade and other activities July 4.
A bill introduced by Colorado Senator Cory Gardner would help fund a backlog of maintenance needs on public lands across the nation.
The National Park Service (NPS) is working service-wide with federal, state and local public health authorities to monitor closely the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.