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Biden Budget Seeks $3.5 Billion For National Park Service

President Biden's proposed Fiscal 2022 budget calls for $3.5 billion for the National Park Service, a roughly 12 percent increase from current funding levels, a boost that would allow the agency to add more than 1,000 rangers, expand its science mission, and add a Civilian Conservation Corps to put more workers on the ground repairing park infrastructure.

Bobcat Turns Charred Oak Tree At Santa Monica Mountains NRA Into Nursery

While the Woolsey Fire that swept through Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area back in 2018 charred much of the landscape, not all was entirely destroyed, and in fact has provided shelter for a pregnant bobcat. Park staff say a bobcat that was fitted with a radio collar more than a year after the fire turned a charred oak tree into a nursery for her three kittens.

Memorial Day Features Low Water Levels For Lake Powell Boaters

With the summer season already underway at Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, boaters can expect crowds, especially when it comes to launching their boats and then pulling them out of the lake. Those crowds will be greater this Memorial Day Weekend because low water levels in the lake are limiting ramps for boaters.