495 Outdoor Organizations Sign Letter To Congress Demanding Action On Firings
Hundreds of outdoor groups sign on to letter urging Congress to reverse public lands worker firings.
- By justin.housman - March 1st, 2025 2:15am
Staffing Issues May Affect Your 2025 National Park Plans
Planning a national park trip in 2025? If there is a tour, ranger-led program, campsite, or any other park event for which you need a reservation, you’d better be prepared for staffing issues to affect some of those plans.
- By Rebecca Latson - February 28th, 2025 2:18pm
Op-Ed | Public Lands Are Part Of Our Nation’s Inheritance
America's public lands are one of the Nation's most outstanding achievements. Public lands are part of every citizen's heritage and an essential part of the national inheritance. It is especially vital to the people living in the western states, where we enjoy an abundance of public land.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 28th, 2025 5:10am
Hawaiian Bird Species At Risk Of Extinction From Halt In Federal Funding
A federal hold on funding could upend a novel approach to preventing mosquitoes from sending a number of Hawaiian bird species into extinction.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 27th, 2025 5:53pm
NPS To Begin White-Tailed Deer Management Planning For Select National Parks Of Western Pennsylvania
Deer will be culled at several Pennsylvania NPS units soon and the Park Service invites the public to learn more about the operation.
- By justin.housman - February 27th, 2025 2:40am
House And Senate Committees Demand Transparency From Trump Admin On Public Lands
Members of the House and Senate have called on Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to provide transparency on an “action plan” that could weaken protections for public lands.
- By justin.housman - February 26th, 2025 2:13pm
Economics And Public Opinion Favor A Healthy National Park Service
Voters across the country are greatly concerned over the health of the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service in the wake of the firing of more than 3,000 federal workers by the Trump administration, according to polling out Wednesday.
dfp_national_park_cuts.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2025 1:46pm
Peregrine Falcon Nesting In Acadia National Park Prompts Closures
Several trails will be closed beginning March 1 in Acadia National Park to protect nesting peregrine falcons.
- By justin.housman - February 26th, 2025 2:30am
Park Advocacy Groups Join Legal Battle To Protect Wilderness Battlefield
More than 160 years after blood was spilled at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War, another battle is ramping up to prevent the hallowed grounds at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park from being sullied by a massive development that would overshadow the Wilderness Battlefield with residential and commercial development, including a massive data processing center.
wilderness_battlefield_amicus_brief.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 26th, 2025 2:02am
Wilderness Watch Advocates For New Vision Of Grizzly Bear Protection
Conservation groups have banded together to release a plan for grizzly management.
- By justin.housman - February 26th, 2025 2:02am
