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Critics say move to axe Bill Clinton’s ‘roadless rule’ that protected key old-growth forests will be devastating to environmentIn 1999, Bill Clinton ascended one of the highest summits in Virginia to announce that “the last, best unprotected wild lands…
Some parks are closed, some are trying to function with a skeleton staff – and visitors and employees are frustrated Kim Nachazel had been looking forward to a road trip to Mesa Verde national park in Colorado this week. Her husband had been mesmerized…
Hours before the shutdown, NPS staff began preparations to close down some parts of popular US public landsOn Tuesday evening, in the final hours before the US government shutdown, the National Park Service (NPS) began preparations to close down parts …
Trail closes after 29-year-old man suffers non-threatening injuries in backcountry encounter with possible grizzlyA Yellowstone national park trail remained closed on Wednesday after a possible grizzly bear attacked a hiker, leaving him with serious bu…
More than 97% at Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon parks voted to unionize as president enacts major cutsHundreds of staff at two of California’s most popular national parks have voted to unionize, a move that comes during a troubled summer for t…
Views of forward-thinking artist and writer who lived off land in national park celebrated at museum in GlastonburyShe was considered an eccentric by some, eking out a frugal existence on a wild English moor, surviving off the land and exchanging her s…
Rangers cleared about 2,377 marijuana plants and 2,000lbs of trash and hazardous chemicals from Sequoia parkPark rangers have removed an illegal marijuana cultivation site in California’s Sequoia national park spanning approximately 13 acres (5 hectare…
Shannon ‘SJ’ Joslin among group who hung 66ft flag on El Capitan as others could face prosecution under protest lawsA Yosemite national park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, while some park visitors could face prosecution un…
Exclusive: Public comments show that a crackdown on signs ‘disparaging’ Americans is not popularAs part of his administration’s war on “woke”, Donald Trump has asked the American public to report anything “negative” about Americans in US national parks…
Park bosses say they’re running visitor centers and even cleaning bathrooms as remaining staff try to keep sites openAcross the US’s fabled but overstretched national parks, unusual scenes are playing out this summer following budget cuts by Donald Tru…