Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts is beginning a vegetation removal project that aims to remove dead trees and shrubbery from the Duck Harbor floodplain in Wellfleet. Park officials say two years of periodic dune overwashes led to substantial saltwater accumulation in the area and caused a massive die-off of freshwater plants. Removing the dead vegetation will allow salt-water tolerant vegetation to recolonize the area, they say.

There is a need to link Western national parks that are home to many species of wildlife that otherwise would be stranded on biological islands.

Years of concern that the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness would be harmed by nearby mining were alleviated Thursday when the Biden administration withdrew 225,504 acres of the Superior National Forest from mineral and geothermal leasing for 20 years.

Work to demolish derelict buildings at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts will begin in the coming months.