National Park Service Announces Park Entrance Fee Increases Interior chucks previous plan in favor of modest fee hikes By Sam Schipani April 12, 2018 In this story: national parks
Public Blasts Proposal for Oil and Gas Leasing Near Colorado National Park The fate of lands neighboring Great Sand Dunes National Park is uncertain By Sam Schipani April 11, 2018 In this story: air, clean water, dept. of the interior, oil, drilling
Did You Know that Gun Sales Fund State Wildlife Programs? Taxes on firearms from the 1937 Pittman-Robertson Act help underwrite some state conservation efforts By Sam Schipani April 12, 2018 In this story: dept. of the interior, public lands, wildlife
Scott Pruitt Mulls Attack on California Clean Car Rules EPA chief supports states’ rights—except when it comes to environmental protection By Jason Mark April 6, 2018 In this story: EPA, climate change, national parks
Interior Department Backs Off Jacking Up Park Entrance Fees Public outrage forces Ryan Zinke to reconsider By Sam Schipani April 5, 2018 In this story: national parks
New Mining Ban Around Yellowstone Moves Forward Forest Service supports a prohibition on new mining claims in southern Montana By Sam Schipani April 3, 2018 In this story: dept. of the interior, public lands, national parks, politics
Federal Judge Puts the Brakes on BLM’s Coal Giveaway Court rules that the agency must consider climate change in leasing decisions By Heather Smith March 29, 2018 In this story: public lands, coal, politics, climate change, federal climate policy
Trump Administration Bulldozes Desert Conservation Plan BLM's actions threaten to reignite conflicts over fate of California desert By Sam Schipani March 29, 2018 In this story: dept. of the interior, president, clean energy, solar, wind
Public Lands for Whom? Zinke scapegoats fourth graders, grandmas; delivers giveaways to oil companies By Jason Mark March 19, 2018 In this story: oil, national parks
Former Head of National Park Service Talks Conservation's Future Jonathan Jarvis on the next generation of conservation leaders By Sam Schipani March 17, 2018 In this story: books, national parks