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Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Called Damaging To National Parks

A ruling Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court that limits the federal government's Clean Water Act oversight of water pollution impacting wetlands is damaging to national parks from Everglades National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Indiana Dunes National Park and other units of the National Park System, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.

National Park Trust, National Park Service Announce 2023 Challenge Cost Share Awards

The National Park Trust, in partnership with the National Park Service, is providing $375,100 to fund 18 education and outdoor recreation projects through the 2023 NPS Challenge Cost Share Program. Each project connects a local community to a nearby national park, national trail, or wild and scenic river.

Report: Buyout Of Rodanthe Homeowners Less Costly Than Beach Nourishment At Cape Hatteras

As coastal erosion, sea-level rise, and more potent storms continue to risk the loss of beach houses at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, a new report suggests it would be much less costly to buy out the homeowners rather than investing in beach nourishment work.
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Trail Safety, Giant Sequoia Threats, Dwindling Species Focus Of Yosemite National Park Support

Research into threats to giant sequoia trees and dwindling populations of salamanders, bats, and fisher populations, along with public safety improvements to the Mist Trail that climbs out of the Yosemite Valley, are among the projects the Yosemite Conservancy is supporting with a $17 million investment this year.

Review: George Melendez Wright: The Fight For Wildlife And Wilderness In National Parks

In the beginning, national parks were mostly about scenery — not entirely because some early parks like Yellowstone, Mount Rainier, and Crater Lake featured unusual marvels of the natural world. But the focus was on scenic beauty and providing opportunities for visitors to enjoy it. From those earliest days wildlife, particularly big critters like bears and elk, were one of the attractions in some parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite where they were on “display” at, for instance, the Yellowstone garbage dumps. Wildlife protection was an afterthought if a thought at all in the establishment and management of national parks. George Melendez Wright changed this, at least for a while.