Tag: national parks
US National Parks saw record attendance in 2024, but staff were...
NPS staff have been told not to share external communications about the record number of visits.
‘A dose of nature’: Each time you visit a national park,...
Our new research puts a dollar value on the health benefits of visits to national parks within reach of the city of Adelaide in South Australia.
A historic chance to protect America’s free-flowing rivers
“This legislation will be good news for anyone who likes clean drinking water, fish and wildlife habitat, and public lands recreation. It will protect some of the most scenic rivers we have in Oregon.”
Say goodbye to your national parks road trips?
Get your hikes and other recreation in while you can. A new study finds warming temperatures could mean big changes in how we use our public lands.
Great American Outdoors Act passes through Senate
"Passage of the Great American Outdoors Act will move us one step closer to fulfilling the LWCF’s promise and secure the future of our parks and public lands for the next generation."
‘Plastic rain’ is pouring down in national parks
The plastic is trapped in fundamental atmospheric processes and falling all over the world, making plastic rain the new acid rain.
Trump reverses water bottle ban in national parks
The 2011 “Water Bottle Ban” gave national parks the allowance to prohibit the sale of plastic water bottles, which helped reduce park...
Senate passes massive public lands conservation bill
The measure is the largest public lands bill considered by Congress in a decade.
Park rangers return to work to assess ‘irreparable’ damage as government...
"What's happened to our park in the last 34 days is irreparable for the next 200 to 300 years."
Volunteers protect our national parks during shutdown
Many national parks are open but since staff are furloughed amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history, services such as maintenance, visitor services, and law enforcement are not being performed, or are severely limited.
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Grow your own food—and a kinder world: How veganic farming can turn your garden...
More than just growing food without animal products, veganic farming reimagines agriculture as a space where humans, wildlife, and even soil microbes can coexist and flourish together, offering a bold and compassionate alternative to traditional organic methods.
Two visions of the US will compete at the World Cup
A big tent coalition is harnessing the energy surrounding the World Cup to imagine a more free and democratic United States.
Once upon a time (and not any time either!)
My strange tale of how the war on terror came home in the age of Donald J. Trump.
Gaza surgeon wins New Jersey House primary on healthcare not bombs campaign
Dr. Adam Hamawy, a retired Army combat surgeon who treated patients in Gaza during Israel’s assault on the enclave, won New Jersey’s Democratic primary in a deep-blue congressional district after running on a platform centered on healthcare, economic reform, immigration policy, and opposition to U.S. support for the war in Gaza.
Trump hands top intelligence role to loyalist with no national security experience
President names housing regulator Bill Pulte to oversee 18 intelligence agencies despite no known background in intelligence, defense, or military service, raising bipartisan concerns about experience, accountability, and political loyalty.