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Proposal To "Improve Visitor Experience" Could Open Parks To More Concessions, Higher Costs

In a move described as a means to improving the national park experience for visitors, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is proposing to ease regulations for park concessionaires with hopes they'd add services in the parks and invest in facilities. Along the way, the changes also could make that experience more expensive.

UPDATED | Funding Cuts Imperil Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Program At Padre Island National Seashore

A National Park Service review of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle recovery program at Padre Island National Seashore is calling for substantial funding cuts and programmatic changes that would greatly hamstring the program and amount to "conservation malpractice," Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility charged Thursday.