Unseasonably dry conditions have led to fire restrictions and bans in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Obed National Wild and Scenic River, and Shenandoah National Park.

Two plants that live on California’s Channel Islands and nowhere else on earth —the Santa Cruz Island Dudleya and island bedstraw— have been declared fully recovered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service due to the collaborative efforts of conservation partners and no longer require Endangered Species Act protections. The delisting of the two species arrives as the Endangered Species Act celebrates 50 years of conservation in 2023.

Emergency funding through the Fiscal Year 23 Disaster Supplemental appropriation will enable Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to embark on a number of projects, including a new Colorado River takeout ramp for boaters at Hite, Utah.

Ground has been broken in Philadelphia near Independence Hall National Historical Park to showcase a bronze and tin bell that Queen Elizabeth II presented to the United States in 1976 to commemorate the United States' 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.