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Cycling Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Cycling west from Cheticamp, the road itself tells me where Nova Scotia’s Route 30 ends and the highway through Cape Breton Highlands National Park begins. Both are part of the Cabot Trail, but crossing the Cheticamp River into the park, the quality of the road surface visibly improves. It widens and the blacktop is newer without the patches, cracks and bumps typical of the provincial section.

Nearly $17 Million To Bolster Conservation And Recreation Improvements In 13 States

The National Park Service has selected 19 projects to develop new or to improve 15 parks and four trails in economically disadvantaged urban areas in 13 states. These projects, as part of the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program, would result in the federal investment of $16.8 million in Land and Water Conservation Funds to benefit communities that are under-served with respect to parks and other outdoor recreation opportunities.

Climate Change And Its Intersection With Government Spending

It was a coincidence, yet one not to be ignored: the arrival of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest outlook on the Earth's pending peril and a $3.5 trillion blueprint for government spending. To U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, the fiscal plan falls short if Congress is to be serious about addressing climate change.

Nearly $2 Million Distributed To Help With Repatriation Of Ancestral Remains And Cultural Items

Nearly $2 million has been disbursed by the National Park Service in the form of grants to nine Indian Tribes, one Native Hawaiian organization, and 22 museums to assist in the consultation, documentation and repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural items as part of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.