FOIA - Frequently Requested Documents

Department of Interior

FOIA Logs

FY2015 FOIA Log (Posted 10/1/2015)
FY2016 FOIA Log (Posted 10/12/2016)
FY2017 FOIA Log (Posted 10/2/2017)
FY2018 FOIA Log (Posted 10/1/2018)
FY2019 FOIA Log (Posted 10/1/2019)
FY2020 Interim FOIA Log (Through 7/31/2020)
Effective August 12, 2020 The NPS FY2020 FOIA Log is Available via FOIAOnline.
FY2021 FOIA Log (Available via FOIAOnline)
FY2022 FOIA Log (Available via FOIAOnline)
FY2023 FOIA Log (Available via FOIAOnline)

Recently Added Material

First State National Historical Park - Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate Master Lease Agreement (Added February 24, 2022)

Indiana Dunes National Park - NP13043783 July 12, 2013 rescue at Mount Baldy (Added January 10, 2023)

Joshua Tree National Park - NP17138397 Orbeso Nguyen Investigation (Added January 4, 2022)

Katmai National Park - DOI-NPS-2023-000192 Fat Bear Week records (Added November 7, 2022)

National Mall & Memorial Parks:

Women For America First January 6, 2021, Permit & Related Closures Record of Decision (Added November 10, 2021)
Upcoming Activities List January 3 - 16, 2021 (Added November 3, 2021)
John Stanwich January 6 event emails Batch 1 Batch 2 (Added November 3, 2021)
December 1, 2021, Women's March First Amendment Permit (21-1475) (Added November 30, 2021)
January 6, 2022, Vigil for Democracy Event Application 22-0312 (Added January 3, 2022) Permit 22-0312 (Added January 4, 2022)
January 23, 2022, Defeat the Mandates Application 22-0295 (Added January 13, 2022)
March 1, 2022, KNK Foundation Application 22-0531 (Added February 22, 2022) Permit 22-0531 (Added March 1, 2022)
Application 22-1430 and Permit 22-1430 1776 Restoration Movement (Added July 25, 2022)

National Park Service (General):

El Portal Trailer Court Closure (Added January 25, 2023)
Washington, D.C. - Park System of the Nations Capital and Environ Map Land Status and Reservation List (March 2022)
NPS Mortality Data CY2007-CY2023, Released April 2023
NPS Search and Rescue (SAR) incidents lists 2013-2018 (Released December 7, 2021) and 2019-2020 (Released July 20, 2021)
Incident Management Analysis & Reporting System (IMARS) Bigfoot - Yeti - Sasquatch Reports DOI-NPS-2022-003264 (Released April 27, 2022)
July 2019 Salute to America records (Released May 31, 2022)
Use of Force Data 2013 - Oct 2021 (Released June 14, 2022)
Fox News Interview of President Trump at the Lincoln Memorial NPS-2020-00976 (Released August 5, 2022) and NPS-2020-01000 and DOI-NPS-2022-005613 (Released October 3, 2022)

United States Park Police

USPP releases body worn camera footage from March 2023 officer involved shooting (Added April 4, 2023)
NPS-2020-00903 Bell PEER Request Revised Production Release Materials (Added October 14, 2022)
General Order 80.0 - Body Worn Cameras (BWC).
NPS-2021-004686 Eric Westervelt Request Lafayette Square June 1 Final redactions
NPS-2021-004686 Eric Westervelt Request Lafayette Square Protest May 31 Final redactions
NPS-2021-004686 Eric Westervelt Request Lafayette Square Protest May 30 Final redactions
NPS-2021-004686 Westervelt initial response 3 SIGNED

Voyageurs National Park

VOYA Taser Incident 2022 Video, DOI-NPS-2022-005369, Released: May 2, 2023
VOYA Taser Incident 2022 Video, DOI-NPS-2022-005369, Released: May 2, 2023
VOYA Taser Incident 2022 related materials, Released: May 2, 2023

Yellowstone National Park

Montana Wolf Management Documents (Added January 7, 2022)
Mountain Lion M220 Documents (Added March 9, 2022)
Wolf 1155M Documents (Added March 11, 2022)
DOI-NPS-2022-003317 Forrest Fenn Documents (Added October 14, 2022)
NPS-2022-003317, Records Generated between 6-1-20 to 4-22-22 related to the Forrest Fenn Treasure, Release Date: 10-6-2022
NP22249208 July 31, 2022, Abyss Pool fatality incident report (Added January 3, 2023)

Other Frequently Requested Documents

Badlands National Park - January 2017 Twitter & Social Media Materials (Added April 13, 2017)

Channel Island National Park

Draft General Management Plan Public Comments Submitted between November 2013 - January 2014 (xls file)
Pier Replacement Contract, Amendments & Payment Bond 1443C2011080686 Awarded to American Civil Constructors (PDF - 1mb)

Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field Historic Preservation Tax Credit Application Materials (Through September 2014) (added January 11, 2015) - 45MB zip file (Through December 2014) (added February 11, 2015)

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors CWSS Database - Raw Data (zip file)

Craters of the Moon National Monument - 2013 Blakeslee-Linkert SAR Records (Added January 7, 2021)

Crow Creek Replacement School Project: Previous FOIA releases NPS-2013- 00220 (Invoices and Payments, Contract, Mods, Settlement Letter)

Denali National Park - Incident Report regarding the shooting of a moose on June 6, 2013. (added 6/28/2013)

Effigy Mounds National Monument

NEPA Investigation Materials ***Warning Large file 72MB,
Serious Mismanagement Report Draft (Added August 8, 2016),
Investigation Review Team Report (Added August 30, 2016),
MSBP FOIA Referral Materials (Added July 2016),
SB Munson Investigation Case File (Added November 1, 2016)

Fire Island National Seashore

Special Directive 91-3 Information on Public Nudity (Added February 14, 2013)
Clothing-Optional Recreation, Superintendent's Determination, Fire Island National Seashore (Added April 10, 2013)
Driving Information:
- 2020 and 2021 Driving Permit Lists
- 2022 FIIS Driving
- 2023 Temporary Permits
- FOIA Contractors and ES
- Wait List

Gateway National Recreation Area

Fort Hancock Building #21 Lease (Added February 9, 2017)
Concession contract TC-GATE017-16 JEN Marine Development LLC (Added December 12, 2017)
Lease GATE-1770-88624-77593-JBU Jamaica Bay Riding Academy (Added December 12, 2017)
Aviator Sports concession contract GATE015-03-CC (Added August 21, 2019)
2001 Prospectus concession contract GATE015-03 (Added August 26, 2019)
Moonbeam Great Kills Marina LLC lease (Added January 23, 2020)
Aviator Contract Amendment No. 5, (Added June 7, 2023)

George Washington Memorial Parkway - 2015 Draft Operations Evaluation of Claude Moore Farm (Added August 29, 2018)

Glacier National Park

August 1967 grizzly attack materials (Added August 1, 2017)
Mark Zuckerberg July 2017 visit (Added August 25, 2017)
Interpretive Sign Removal (Added Feburary 19, 2020)

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area & Grand Canyon National Park - Expanded Non-native Aquatic Species Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA) Public Scoping Comments (Added May 1, 2018) Expanded Non-Native Aquatic Species Management Plan (Added November 13, 2018)

Golden Gate National Recreation Area Google barge special use permit application materials ***Warning Large File 29MB

Grand Canyon National Park

Religious plaques Previous FOIA releases (Added July 9, 2015)
Morgan Heimers disappearance files (Added July 20, 2016)
IMRO GRCA Radiation Concerns August 2018 Safety Report with February 2019 Addendum_Redacted (Added March 25, 2019)
GRCA Safety Audit Findings - Attachment A (Added March 25, 2019)
Transcanyon Pipeline EA Public Comments (Added May 23, 2019)
NP18174297 Bartz-Bonkowski Fatality Reports (Added August 2, 2019)

Grand Teton National Park

NP16126804 Missing juvenile August 2016 (Added June 8, 2018)
Gary Falk climbing fatality report (Added November 15, 2016)
Grizzly Shooting Report (Added March 7, 2013)
Incident Report June 20, 2013, Edward Tom Search & Rescue. (Added December 20, 2013)
Incident Report September 6, 2013, Gary Miller Search & Rescue. (added 12/20/2013)
Moose-Wilson Corridor Comprehensive Management Plan public scoping comments and Public Scoping Report, preliminary alternatives public comments (Added October 9, 2014), Draft EIS Public Comments (Added June 1, 2017)
1967 North Face rescue case incident report
Mountain Goat Management Plan FOIA documents Batch 1 (Added May 29, 2020) Batch 2 & 3 (Added August 11, 2020) Batch 4 (Added August 11, 2020)

Gateway National Recreation Area

Aviator Sports concession contract GATE015-03-CC (Added August 21, 2019)
2001 Prospectus concession contract GATE015-03 (Added August 26, 2019)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

05-372 Bradley bear fatality (Released March 12, 2015)
Fire Management Plan (Added March 20, 2017)
Dennis Lloyd Martin June 14, 1969 (Added June 16, 2019)
Trenny Gibson October 8, 1976 (Added July 15, 2019)

Chimney Tops 2 Fire November 23, 2016 - December 5, 2016

Photos Batch 1, Batch 2, Batch 3, Batch 4 (Added July 10, 2019)
Videos Batch 1, Batch 2, Batch 3, Batch 4, Batch 5, Batch 6, Batch 7, Batch 8 (Added July 12, 2019) Right-mouse click to download files.

Dispatch Logs (Added July 9, 2019)

Hot Springs National Park - Legionella FOIA Requests NPS-2019-00849, NPS-2020-00495, NPS-2020-01013 Part 1 & Part 2 (Added July 26, 2021)

Independence National Historical Park - Permitted Events Calendar (March - May 2013) (added 2/22/13)

Katmai National Park & Preserve - 03-109 Treadwell grizzly fatality (Released March 12, 2015)

Lassen Volcanic National Park Investigative Report For July 29, 2009 Fatality

Maha-ulepu Island of Kaua'i Reconnaissance Survey (pdf - 7.35mb)

Maine Woods Proposed National Park - Correspondence from Ms. Quimby (2011) Additional Correspondence (2015) (Added December 10, 2015)

Manhattan Sites Report to Congress

Mesa Verde National Park / Montezuma's Castle National Park - S. L. Palmer collection "child mummy" records. (Added June 12, 2015)

Mount Rainier National Park - NP18136608 Kornbluth Dewey Peak fatality (Added September 18, 2019)

National Capital Parks East - Buzzard Point Marina closure Batch 1 (Added October 8, 2015) Batch 2 (Added April 1, 2016) Batch 3 and Batch 4 (Added April 19, 2016)

National Mall & Memorial Parks Inauguration Information:

Log of Special Use Permit Applications for 2017 Inaugural Events - As of January 12, 2017 (Added January 13, 2017)
Presidential Inaugural Committee Permit Applications 16-0284, 16-0357, 17-0001, 17-0002, 17-003 (Added December 5, 2016) 16-1873, 16-1875, 16-1876 (Added December 19, 2016)
Inaugural Event Permits 2009 (Added December 13, 2016)
Inaugural Event Permits 2013 (Added December 13, 2016)
2017 Permits
Permit 16-0284 (Added January 6, 2017)
Permit 16-0357 (Added January 6, 2017)
Permit 17-003 (Added January 6, 2017)
Photos (Large Zip Files):
NAMA 2009: Batch 1, Batch 2, Batch 3, Batch 4, Batch 5, Batch 6, Batch 7, Batch 8, Batch 9, Batch 10, Batch 11, Batch 12, Batch 13 (Added March 3, 2017)
NAMA 2013: Batch 1, Batch 2, Batch 3, Batch 4, Batch 5, Batch 6 (Added March 3, 2017)
NAMA 2017: Batch 1, Batch 2, Batch 3, Batch 4, Batch 5 (Added March 3, 2017)
USPP 2017: Flickr Materials (Added Link March 3, 2017)

National Mall & Memorial Parks

Landmark Music Festival Records (Through April 2015) (Added September 17, 2015) (Through September 2015 Batch 1 Zip File 5.7MB (Or smaller batches Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7) (Added February 29, 2016) Batch 1 Attachments (Added June 7, 2016)
Protest / Gathering Permit Request Applications for October 26, 2016 (Added October 25, 2016)
Old Post Office Clock Tower Tour Correspondence December 2016 - February 2017 (Added March 16, 2017)
Old Post Office Tower - January 23, 2019, Letter to Senator Peters (Added February 21, 2019)
Protest / Gathering Permit Request Applications for October 26, 2016 (Added October 25, 2016)
Occupy DC request materials 12-02, 12-138, 12-240 (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4)
Catharsis on the Mall Permit (Added November 8, 2017) Emails & Attachments (Added December 12, 2017)
March for Our Lives application for March 24-25, 2018 gathering (Added February 28, 2018 and Updated March 16, 2018) Gathering Permit 18-0710 (Added March 22, 2018)
Filming Permit Application F18-052 and related records (Added February 28, 2018 and Updated March 20, 2018)
Filming Permit Applications F18-050, F18-051, F18-053, and F18-054 (Added March 16, 2018)
Permit Application 18-1281 National Capitals Stanley Cup Parade (Added June 13, 2018)
Permit Application 18-1281 National Capitals Stanley Cup Parade (Added June 13, 2018)
Permit Application 18-1533 NY Black Lives Matter (Added August 9, 2018) Permit 18-1533 (Added August 10, 2018)
Permit Application 18-1534 Thomas Oh US Congress (Added August 9, 2018) Permit 18-1534 (Added August 10, 2018)
July 2019 Permits 19-1203, 19-1215, 19-1247 (Added July 8, 2019)
July 4th Event Costs 2016 - 2020 (Added September 11, 2020)
National Independence Day Celebration 2019 NEPA Documentation (Added July 10, 2019)
First Amendment Permit List January - June 2019 (Added July 12, 2019)
4th of July / Salute to America materials: NEPA, NPS0028273 (Added August 29, 2019)
RNC Aerial Fireworks Display August 27, 2020 (20-1063 Application & Permit) (Added August 28, 2020)
Commitment March August 25-August 28, 2020 (20-1069 Application & Permit) (Added August 28, 2020)
2021 Inauguration Permits & Applications 20-0319 Application, 20-0319 Permit, 20-0409 Application, 21-0001 Application, 21-0006 Application (Added December 21, 2020)
November 1, 2020 to January 6, 2021 Permits List (Added January 4, 2021)
January 4-6, 2021 Permits 21-0271 The Silent Majority at 13th Street, 21-0274 Rally to Revival Freedom Plaza, 21-0278 Women for America First Ellipse (Added January 7, 2021)
January 11-31, 2021 Permit Application List (Added January 12, 2021)
Applications For January 6 events 21-0212 Women For America First Dated 11/24/20, 21-0278 Women for America First Dated 12/29/20 (Added February 10, 2021)
20-1088 50 Days of Blessing Women for a Great America application, 20-1340 Women for America First Application & Permit, 20-1357 Rob Weaver Jericho March Application & Permit, 20-1359 Alex Stoval Application & Permit, 21-0271 The Silent Majority application, 21-0274 Cindy Chaifian Eighty Percent Coalition Amended Application, 21-0278 Women for America First Revised Permit Version 2 & Version 3 (Added February 22, 2021)
January 5, 2021 Washington Monument Closure Record of Decision (Added November 10, 2021)
Republican National Convention August 28, 2020 Fireworks DOI-NPS-2020-002257 Sus CREW FOIA (Added June 3, 2021)
Permit Application 21-0365 Sean Fuecht Ministries September 11-12, 2021 (Added August 27, 2021) Approved Permit (Added September 8, 2021)
List of Permit Applications for September 16-20, 2021 (Added September 16, 2021)
Women For America First January 6, 2021, Permit Processing Records (Added September 30, 2021)
National Links Trust- Golf Courses (Added May 9, 2023)

National Park Service (General)

Trump Organization Correspondence (Added July 29, 2016)
Twitter & Social Media Communications - January 20 - 23, 2017 (Added March 22, 2017)
Communications with Executive Office of the President - Inaugural Photo Request January 21, 2017 (Added March 22, 2017)
President Trump Salary donations NPS-2017-00687 Response & Documents (Added September 5, 2017) NPS-2017-01314 Part 1 & Part 2 (Released November 9, 2017), and NPS-2020-002257 (Released January 14, 2021)
Targeted Fee Increase Proposal Public Comments Received October 24 - December 22, 2017 (Added January 2, 2018)
Missing Person Cases Since 2013 (As of February 15, 2018)
DOI - State of Maryland MOU Potential Land Exchange (Added December 21, 2018)
NPS-2018-00433 and NPS-2018-00658 Sea Level Rise report Released Documents (Added February 7, 2019)
NPS-2018-00764 Released Documents (Added April 30, 2019)
NPS-2019-00809 Released Documents (Added June 11, 2019)
Budget Justifications (Greenbook) data FY1993, FY1994, FY1995, FY1996, FY1997, FY1998, FY1999, FY2000, FY2001 (Added August 21, 2019)
Search and Rescue (SAR) Dashboards 2015-2016, 2017, 2018 (Added January 1, 2020)
Forrest Fenn Correspondence & Treasure Hunter Incident Reports (Added July 30, 2020) See also Jeff Murphy Yellowstone Fatality
Correspondence relating to Albert Pike statue. (Added September 30, 2020)
Incident Management Analysis & Reporting System (IMARS) Bigfoot - Yeti - Sasquatch Reports NPS-2018-00813 (Released June 5, 2018) NPS-2020-002280 (Released January 6, 2021) DOI-NPS-2022-003264 (Released April 27, 2022)
NPS employee data list DOI-NPS-2021-3698 Response (Added April 29, 2021)
NPS Search and Rescue (SAR) incidents lists 2013-2018 (Released December 7, 2021) and 2019-2020 (Released July 20, 2021)
COVID-19 Emails & Correspondence, DOI-NPS-2020-000736, Release Date: January 3, 2022
COVID-19 Cases by Park as of 8/6/2021, DOI-NPS-2020-000830, Release Date: September 2, 2021
COVID-19 Executive Order Response, DOI-NPS-2020-000938, Release Date: November 4, 2020

Shutdown (2018-2019) November 28, 2018 - January 29, 2019 (Added March 20, 2019) NPS-2019-00428 December 21, 2018 - February 11, 2019 Sanitation emails (Added June 17, 2022)

Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH) Right-of-Way EIS Application to the National Park Service. (Zip File)

President's Park

Gathering Permit 18-1166 Application from Jason Kessler (Added June 5, 2018) and Related Application Processing Materials (Added August 3, 2018) Permit 18-1166 (Added August 9, 2018)
Gathering Permit 18-1384 Application (Added July 25, 2018) Gathering Permit 18-1384 (Added August 8, 2018)
Gathering Permit 18-1484 Application from Gene Stilp (Added August 3, 2018) Permit 18-1484 (Added August 10, 2018)
Gathering Permit 18-1468 Application Interfaith Assembly (Withdrawn) (Added August 3, 2018)
Gathering Permit 18-1459 Application from ANSWER Coalition (Added August 3, 2018) Permit 18-1459 (Added August 9, 2018)
Kessler event complaint letter response language (Added August 3, 2018)
2020 Rose Garden Redesign - Batch 1 Supporting Docs and Batch 2 Emails (Added September 27, 2021)

Rock Creek Parkway. 2015 deer management records (Added February 10, 2016) 2013 & 2014 deer management records (zip file) (Added April 1, 2016)

Saint Edwards Seminary, King County, Washington, Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Grant Materials (Added April 7, 2016) ***Warning Large File 75MB***

Statue of Liberty National Monument

STLI001-007 2006 Prospectus Reference Version (Added May 1, 2018)
Ferry Service Contract CC-STLI1001-07 (Added November 19, 2015) and Amendments & Exhibits (Added December 11, 2015) Amendment #3 (Added March 26, 2020)

Stonewall National Monument - NPS-2018-00035 Responsives (Added December 22, 2017)

Timpanogos Cave National Monument - Water Sample Data August 15 - September 30, 2016. (Added March 20, 2017)

United States Park Police (USPP) -

Officer-Involved Shooting News Release (Added November 22, 2017)
PP18098644 November 5, 2018 Incident Report (Added December 21, 2018)
NPS-2020-00903 Bell PEER Request Set 1 - Emails, Set 2 - Chat & Texts (Added April 12, 2021) Set 3 - Emails, Set 4 - Emails (Added June 1, 2021) Set 5 - Emails (Added June 15, 2021) Set 6 - Emails (Added September 10, 2021) Revised Production Release Materials (Added October 14, 2022)
NPS-2020-00899 Corley CREW Request Memorandum #8 (Added June 22, 2021)

General Orders:

2205 Vehicular Pursuits (Added June 8, 2018)
2135 Interactions with TIGN Individuals (Added December 21, 2018)
3615 Use of Force (Added January 24, 2020)
General Order 2108 High Volume Arrests (Added June 22, 2021)
General Order 2301 Demonstrations (Added June 22, 2021)

USPP releases body worn camera footage from March 2023 officer involved shooting (Added April 4, 2023)

Vicksburg National Military Park "As Built" Drawings for USS Cairo Ironsides (Added 12/20/2013)

Washington Gas East Station Site Administrative Record 2005 & 2010 Index (Added 9/30/2013) Contact the NPS FOIA Officer to request copies of materials listed on this index.

Washington Monument