WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM November 2025 timber sales bring in nearly $5.3 million * WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management sold 20,873 million board feet of timber across 1,242 public acres in Idaho, Montana, and Oregon, for a total of $5,283,736; exceeding appraised values by over $2.1 million. This timber will feed local mills and support jobs in local communities. The Northwest Oreg  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks input for March 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in Utah * SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 58 oil and gas parcels totaling 71,587 acres in Utah in a March 2026 sale. The comment period ends Jan. 2, 2026. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in October  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * From polar bears to precision strikes: McMechan's 40-year score * James McMechan counted polar bear points before he counted missile hits Growing up in Ames, Iowa, the future electronics engineer camped with his father through brutal Midwestern winters. Tents pitched on frozen ground. Thermometers plunging below zero. Boy Scout patches earned for enduring 100 nights of subfreezin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has released Open-File Report 2025-1054, titled 'Comparisons of shoreline positions from satellite-derived and traditional field- and remote-sensing techniques,' by Andrea C. O'Neill and 12 coauthors, evaluating how satellite imagery performs against conventional shoreline mapping at coasts in Alaska, the conterminous United States and Puerto Rico. The 41-page report, produced under the agency's Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources P  more