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The Nature Conservancy Transfers 222 Acres To Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

A 222-acre property at the southern end of Hawaiʻi Island has been transferred from The Nature Conservancy to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. TNC purchased the property to preserve it for conservation. The parcel extends along 1.6 miles of Highway 11 between the towns of Ocean View and Nāʻālehu in the Kaʻū district.

UPDATED| OIG Says National Park Service Doing Poor Job Monitoring Donated Funds

Each year, tens of millions of dollars are donated to the National Park Service, but the agency is doing a poor job of monitoring those donations or controlling how they're spent, according to an investigation by the Interior Department's Office of Inspector General.
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UPDATED | How Much Hurricane Relief Will Congress Provide The National Park Service?

With Congress going down to the wire in an effort to reach agreement on a budget bill and avoid another government shutdown, what remains to be seen is how much hurricane relief aid will be provided for the National Park Service, which suffered extensive damage from hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria last fall.

OIG: National Park Service Official Created Appearance Of Using His Position For Personal Gain

A senior official in the National Park Service's Northeast regional office created the appearance of using his position for personal gain when he asked for specific, but unnecessary, design changes to an historic townhouse owned by the agency that he planned to rent, according to an investigation.

Senators Hope To Reverse President Trump's Move On Monuments And Enlarge Bears Ears

Were they 18 Republican senators instead of 18 Democrats, the attempt to reverse President Trump's move to shrink two national monuments in Utah might prove worth watching, but with Republican majorities in the House and Senate, it likely will prove to be nothing more than a Hail Mary. Even more so when you realize the legislation would create a larger Bears Ears National Monument than President Obama did.

Republican Senator Asks Zinke To Drop Surge-Pricing Scheme For Park Fees

A Republican senator from Colorado is pushing back against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's surge-pricing scheme that would more than double entrance fees at 17 popular national parks during the height of the travel seasons, urging the secretary instead to work towards a "legislative solution to the maintenance backlog."