Feb 23, 2025
It was just over a week ago, on Valentine’s Day, that the Trump administration wiped 1,000 employees off the National Park Service staff without any apparent strategy other than that they were dispensable staff still on probation and so lacking any real protection for being fired without cause.
Those cuts swept across...
Feb 16, 2025
The Trump administration’s determination to reduce the size of
government regardless of the cost is having a hard impact on the
National Park Service.
Last month the agency was forced to rescind job offers to seasonal
workers, saw a hold placed on millions of dollars distributed
through the Biden administration's...
Feb 9, 2025
National parks are home to many iconic trees. Bristlecones pines, Whitebark pines, Sequoias, even mangroves. And, of course, redwoods.
These trees hold many stories. The size alone of redwoods and sequoias are enough to hold your attention. But there are backstories, as well. In the case of redwoods along the...
Feb 2, 2025
Rising sea levels, stronger storms, eroding shorelines, and sinking terrain are taking a toll on the fragile ecosystems and historic resources at Cape Lookout National Seashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey takes a close look at these threats and predicts how they will...