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Jan. 1, 2021 In the American West, a ration of reverence is usually given to the grizzled Anglo rancher who rises at a public hearing and announces that his people have been on the land for five generations. So what are we to make of Representative Deb Haaland, a citizen of the Laguna Pueblo, who says that her people have been in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico for 35 generations — dating to the 13th century? “Native history is American history,” she told me. “Regardless of where you are in this country now, you’re on ancestral Indian land, and that land has a history.”

Dec 28, 2020 According to the Wood County Alternative Transportation Council (WCATC), The Ohio River Water Trail in Parkersburg has been designated a National Recreation Trail-National Water Trail by U.S. Secretary of The Interior, David L. Bernhardt. The 57.7-mile trail is managed jointly by the Wood County Alternative Transportation Council and the Greater Parkersburg CVB on behalf of the Wood County Commission and provides accessible recreation opportunities for residents and visitors to Parkersburg with 13 river access points, parking and boat ramps, half of which are accessible for peop...

December 18, 2020 The National Park Service temporarily closed the Washington Monument on Friday after a recent visit by Interior Secretary David L. Bernhardt, who tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday. Subscribe Bernhardt, a Colorado native, visited the iconic District of Columbia monument "recently," Interior Department spokesman Nicholas Goodwin said in an email. Employees who came into contact with the secretary had to quarantine, leaving too few to safely operate the site. Tourists normally ride an elevator to the observation deck 500 feet up, where they can enjoy views for m...

editorial@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — The Ohio River Water Trail in Parkersburg has been designated a National Recreation Trail-National Water Trail by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt. The 57.7-mile trail is jointly managed by the Wood County Alternative Transportation Council and the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau on behalf of the Wood County Commission. Providing accessible recreation opportunities for residents and visitors to Parkersburg, the trail has 13 river access points, parking and boat ramps, half of which are accessible for people wi...

EPA Announces Historic Approval Of Florida's Request To Administer The Clean Water Act Section 404 Program Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the State of Florida is the first state in more than 25 years to apply for and receive approval to implement a Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 program, joining Michigan and New Jersey as the only states in the country with such authority. Today’s action formally transfers permitting authority under CWA Section 404 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to the State of Florida for a broad range of water resour...