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National Parks Traveler is an editorially independent nonprofit news organization focused on national parks and protected areas.
An analysis of President Trump’s FY26 funding proposal for the National Park Service indicates more than 300 parks would close for lack of funding.

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NPCA: President's Budget Would Close More Than 300 National Parks
More than 90 percent of Biscayne National Park is under water, so no one would miss it if it was dropped from the National Park System, right? You might say the same for Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout...
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May 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to strip more than $100 million from the National Park Service budget and use part of that to build Presidential Trump’s statuary garden to American heroes.

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House Republicans Propose Millions In Cuts To National Park Service Budget
More than $100 million would be stripped from the National Park Service under a budget proposal passed by Republicans in the House Natural Resources Committee, which also wants to green-light a 211-mi...
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May 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
President Trump is calling for some units of the National Park System to be given to states to run.

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President Trump Proposes Dismantling Parts Of National Park System
President Donald Trump in his Fiscal 2026 budget proposal is calling for some units of the National Park System to be transferred to "state-level management, a suggestion that would need Congressional...
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May 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The upcoming reduction in force for the National Park Service is being described internally as “deep and blunt.”

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Report: National Park Service RIF To Be "Deep And Blunt"
A reduction-in-force coming to the National Park Service within the next two weeks has been described internally as being "deep and blunt," according to a social media post.
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May 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Interior Department officials have asked all their employees, including those in the National Park Service, to verify their personnel records and update and submit their resumes.

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As RIF Nears, All Interior Department Employees Asked To Submit Resumes
As Interior Department staff continue to work towards an across-the-board reduction in force, all Interior employees have been asked to update and submit their resumes to the department.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A gray wolf has been found dead in Rocky Mountain National Park.

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Gray Wolf Found Dead In Rocky Mountain National Park
A gray wolf has been found dead in Rocky Mountain National Park, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Curious about what the Interior Department is planning? A draft copy of its strategic plan calls for more consumption of federal lands and their natural resources.

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Interior Department's Draft Strategy: Capitalize On Natural Resources
A draft copy of the Interior Department's strategic plan calls for more public-private partnerships, increasing grazing, logging, and mining, improving management of trails, opening more lands to hunt...
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April 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman says the Trump administration has one key objective: creating chaos. And that has dire reverberations for public lands and environmental laws and regs.

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U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman: Trump Administration Focused On Chaos
U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, the ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, didn't hesitate when asked what he thought the Trump administration's goal was with its approach to the environm...
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April 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Upset with how the Trump administration is managing public lands? Here are some suggestions of what you can do.

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It's National Park Week: What Can You Do?
By now you've seen the stories about what you'll experience in the National Park System this summer: crowds and long lines to enter parks, dirty restrooms, vandalism, chaos. The question to be asked i...
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April 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The lack of transparency from the Interior Department is greatly concerning and makes one wonder if they know what they’re doing.

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Traveler's View | There Are Known Unknowns
There are "known unknowns" concerning the makeover of the National Park Service that President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficency is orchestrating.
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April 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A rule proposed by the Trump administration would weaken the Endangered Species Act by allowing for modification of habitat threatened and endangered species rely on to survive.#species #nationalparks

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Trump Administration Proposing To Do Away With "Harm" Definition For Endangered Species
A rule proposed by the Trump administration would weaken the Endangered Species Act by allowing for the modification of critical habitat threatened and endangered species rely on to survive.
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April 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
President Trump has ordered a greater military presence on federal lands along the southern border, including national park lands.

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Trump Militarizes Federal Lands Along Southern Border
President Trump has expanded the military's role on federal lands, including national parks, along the country's southern border, saying the boder "is under attack from a variety of threats. The compl...
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April 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
More than 10 percent of the National Park Service workforce has resigned or retired under President Trump’s early-out offers.

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More Than 10 Percent Of National Park Service Workforce Has Left
An estimated 2,400-2,500 National Park Service employees, roughly 12.5 percent of the agency's entire workforce have taken Trump administration offers to resign or retire, according to the National Pa...
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April 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
President Trump wants to get rid of 150 years of environmental regs that he believes impede energy development.

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President Trump Trying To Remove 150 Years Of Environmental Regulations
President Donald Trump is moving to wipe more than 150 years of environmental regulations off the books, including provisions tied to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the ...
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April 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Interior Department says lengthy environmental reviews of oil and gas exploration in seven Western states will no longer be done.

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Interior Plans To Drop Environmental Reviews Of Energy Development In The West
Environmental reviews designed to protect landscapes and communities from oil and gas development in the West will be done away with, the Interior Department announced Thursday.
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April 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Interior Secretary Burgum plans a major overhaul of the department and all its bureaus, including the National Park Service. And he views federal lands as a $100 Trillion cash cow that should be cashed out.

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Overhaul Of Interior Department And Its Bureaus Coming
A massive overhaul of the Interior Department and all its bureaus, which include the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management, apparently is in the works, while at the same time Interior Se...
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April 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Have you sampled the product lately? By “product” I mean the national parks. They’ve been needy for awhile, and it doesn’t seem like they’re going to get much help for a long time.

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Traveler's View | How Are We Doing?
A country’s wealth, and it’s soul, can be measured in how it cares for its natural resources. It’s wildlife, vistas, streams and lakes.
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April 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM