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Interior Department's Draft Strategy: Capitalize On Natural Resources

A draft copy of the Interior Department's strategic plan calls for more public-private partnerships, increasing grazing, logging, and mining, improving management of trails, opening more lands to hunting and fishing, RV and snowmobile use, and restoring historic names to landmarks.
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My Ranger Origin Story: AmeriCorps And The Attack On The Park Rangers Of Tomorrow

Have you ever asked a national park ranger their origin story? Let me tell you mine. My journey, like that of so many other rangers, started with AmeriCorps, the impactful program that provides young people with service opportunities, now under attack by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

A Day In The Park: Yellowstone National Park

Located within parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, Yellowstone National Park truly deserves the honor of being designated America’s (and the world’s) first national park. Within it’s 2.2 million acres is the world’s greatest collection of geothermal displays and such a great diversity of wildlife that the park is nicknamed “America’s Serengeti.”