What The EXPLORE Act Has In Store For Adventure Cyclists
The newly passed EXPLORE Act contained the BOLT Act, which offers the chance for more long-distance bike trails on public lands.
- By justin.housman - January 29th, 2025 2:50am
Operator Sought For Lodging, Food And Retail Business At Badlands National Park
The National Park Service recently issued a prospectus seeking bids for management of Cedar Pass Lodge, the only lodging facility at Badlands National Park in South Dakota.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 29th, 2025 2:30am
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Effort To Wipe Out Civil Service Protections
President Trump's move to eliminate civil service protections for a wide number of federal employees was challenged Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which maintained the effort exceeds the president's authority.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 28th, 2025 4:54pm
UPDATED | Funding Freeze Affects A Wide Range Of Interior Department Projects
A wide array of Interior Department programs, from tribal assistant programs and climate resilience projects to cultural resources management and threatened and endangered species programming, have had their funding frozen by order of the White House budget office.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 28th, 2025 2:59pm
Alaskan House Passes Resolution Urging Trump To Keep Denali's Name
Members of the Alaskan House of Representatives passed a bi-partisan resolution urging Trump to preserve the name Denali for North America's highest peak.
- By justin.housman - January 28th, 2025 12:45pm
Op-Ed | Trump’s Assault On Alaskan Wildlands
One of the first Executive Orders from the Trump Whitehouse is to reverse environmental protections for federal lands in Alaska and hasten, expand, and encourage resource development.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 28th, 2025 2:30am
How “X-Ray Vision" Reveals Magma Beneath Yellowstone National Park
A number of studies have given us fascinating images showing Yellowstone’s magma reservoirs. But how are those images created?
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 28th, 2025 2:30am
Dead Raccoons At New York Historical Site Had Canine Distemper Virus, NPS Warns
NPS officials are warning the public to watch their pets after an outbreak of canine distemper virus in raccoons at Fire Island National Seashore.
- By justin.housman - January 28th, 2025 2:10am
Interior Department Has No News On National Park Service Hiring Hold
Interior Department staff Monday had no information on when a hiring freeze impacting seasonal and full-time positions at the National Park Service will be lifted.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 27th, 2025 5:43pm
Deer Removal Plan To Continue On Fire Island National Seashore
The National Park Service will continue deer removal operations this January and February at Fire Island and the William Floyd Estate, as part of the Fire Island National Seashore White-tailed Deer Management Plan.
- By justin.housman - January 27th, 2025 2:50am
