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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.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 24th, 2025 5:23am

A Day In The Park: Lassen Volcanic National Park

Sometimes, it takes a monumental event to spur Congress into establishing a national park. Such a significant event, or rather, series of events, occurred between 1914 and 1915 when Lassen Peak in northern California belched billowing black mushroom clouds of steam, ash, and hot rocks onto the landscape as far as 200 miles (322 kilometers) from the summit.

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By Rebecca Latson - February 24th, 2025 5:22am

NPS Staff Told To Justify Their Roles Weekly Or Resign

Elon Musk, urged by President Donald Trump to "be more aggressive" in driving a reduction in federal employment, has told National Park Service workers to justify their positions in weekly emails or resign.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 23rd, 2025 8:44am

Wildlife Groups Advocate For New Vision Of Grizzly Bear Protection

Conservation groups have banded together to release a plan for grizzly management.

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By justin.housman - February 23rd, 2025 4:33am

Pharmaceuticals, Pesticides, And Other Chemical Pollutants Are Getting Into NPS Waters

Even if you didn't visit it yourself, lakes near you in a national park may accumulate the sunscreen you slathered on.

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By justin.housman - February 23rd, 2025 4:32am

Science In The National Park System Taking A Hit From Employee Firings

Go past the visitor center and the restrooms and leave the parking area, and you'll enter a realm of the National Park Service that isn't in the public's eye but which is being hit hard and disrupted by the Trump administration's hatchet approach to shrinking federal government.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 23rd, 2025 4:32am

Working To Preserve Cashes Ledge, ‘Yellowstone Of The North Atlantic"

An undersea wonderland some 80 miles off the New England coast that bursts with a biodiversity so bountiful that it’s dubbed the Yellowstone of the Atlantic needs better protection, maintain marine ecologists.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 22nd, 2025 8:34am

A Former Ranger Joins Protest Over Cuts To National Park Service

Earlier this week I did something I thought I would never in my lifetime have to do. I traveled to my former workplace, Rocky Mountain National Park’s Beaver Meadows entrance, the gateway to one of the most magnificent places on earth, to protest.