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Trump's 2017 cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante NMons in Utah are in something of a state of limbo: GOP legislation that would have cemented the cuts into law are going nowhere, while the... https://t.co/8sHiXrbAxL
In Wales, a contentious plan for a new superhighway has been dropped, cheering activists who had feared it would damage a historic landscape.
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Three South Korean men have been arrested, charged with poaching US$600,000 worth of wild succulent plants from California parks. (Note: the headline... https://t.co/DLTdUzfS7R
Long-sought approval has been attained for a bridge on a section of highway through the greater Everglades. Raising the highway is expected to help improve water flows through the ecoystem, benefiting... https://t.co/uCkID7pnwK
A federal appeals court has denied a power company's bid to revisit an earlier decision revoking its permit for a controversial power line crossing the James River near historic Jamestown in... https://t.co/eo7iUlO6xo
Black rangers in South Africa's flagship Kruger NP are leveling allegations of torture and more against white park managers. The issue is tied to a probe into... https://t.co/vX2oLPs4iX
The global network of Long-Term Ecological Research sites, many of them located in PAs, is struggling to find the funds to stay afloat.
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Tribal peoples living in and around Karikiyoor, India, say the government is doing little or nothing to stop an influx of tourists from vandalizing... https://t.co/ZQ2g0R5s8U
High levels of radon, a naturally occurring, cancer-causing gas, have been detected at Carlsbad Caverns NP.
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As Lake Powell within Glen Canyon NRA continues to recede because of drought, areas long inundated are being recolonized by plants, insects, and other animals.... https://t.co/6LS1Qvlryc
Plans to harvest timber in a New Hampshire SP are leaving some environmentalists wondering whether the intent of the Land & Water Conservation Fund, which was used to help found the park, is being violated.... https://t.co/D5tW4A7mTA
Wildlife managers at Zion NP believe that an egg being tended by pair of endangered condors nesting in the park may have hatched.
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Supporters of making Cahokia Mounds, a WH-listed state historic site in Illinois, into a NP have renewed their campaign after a failed attempt in 2016.
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England announced the creation of 41 new MPAs along its coast from Northumbria to Cornwall -- a 12,00-sq-km "blue belt."
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Brazil's government recently OK'd O&G exploration near Abrolhos Marine NP, one of the region's most biodiverse areas.
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An author of the new (published yesterday) global study of PA downsizing, downgrading, and abolishment says Trump's 2017 NMon cuts have sent "a dangerous message,"... https://t.co/m2pNtZMioK