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Captions for front-page stories: (1) President Obama joins Secretary Salazar and Interior Department employees in marking the department's 160th anniversary. (2)The National Park Service enhances the visitor experience at the USS Arizona Memorial with 3-D, high-definition technology. (3)A landscape-scale partnership targets conservation resources where they are needed for the benefit of native trout. President Obama, Secretary Salazar Lead Celebration of Interior’s 160th Anniversary WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar marked the 160th Anniversary of the Department of the Interior today in a ceremony at the Yates Auditorium in the Main Interior Building. In addition to the 600 employees who packed the auditorium to watch the event, department employees around the nation watched via satellite broadcast or listened via teleconference bridge. The department was established on March 3, 1849. more
New Technology Adds Dimension to USS Arizona Memorial The National Park Service is adding new dimension to research and visitor experience at the USS Arizona Memorial by capturing the submerged battleship in three-dimensional, high-definition imagery. The USS Arizona, as it now rests submerged in Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, has become a symbol of one of the 20th century’s most pivotal events. Nearly 1.5 million people make the journey to the USS Arizona Memorial each year to understand and contemplate the events of Dec 7, 1941. These visitors pay their respects to those 2,390 Americans who lost their lives on Oahu and the more than 900 sailors and marines still entombed within the battleship more	No Trout Left Behind — Landscape-scale Western Native Trout Initiative Puts Trout Conservation Where It’s Needed Most It’s an arduous hike to get into the headwaters of the North Fork Frying Pan River, and the payoff is tremendous. Colorado River cutthroat trout swim these waters, and I’ve gone there with some frequency over the years, just over the mountain from my Denver home. It’s a tiny creek, where wearing waders is over-dressing. Willow whips in places arch over the water; they make shade, cooling the creek, and they drop bugs into the water. Trout like that. Stealth, a three-weight rod and a bow cast is the order of the day. more
Recent Headlines Boise BLM Partners With Local Park for Wildland-fire Education Finding History's Forgotten People President Obama Proclaims February National African American History Month; Interior Encourages Employees to Honor Month With Programs, Activitie Invasive Weeds in Alaska; a Spreading Threat to Arctic Ecosystem Minerals Management Service Appoints New Senior Staff Geophysicist Minerals Management Service Acting Director Wins Prestigious Presidential Rank Award Celebrate Bicentennial of President Lincoln’s Birth With Your National Parks Animas-La Plata Project Advances Archaeological Record of West Secretary Salazar, Interior Employees Welcome First Lady Michelle Obama Users Report High Levels of Satisfaction With Office of Special Trustee Pilot Program for Debit Cards more

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