Park advocates point to recent remarks by Burgum to warn that the outside assistance keeping NPs open with a semblance of normal operations may be used to justify permanent budget cuts. https://buff.ly/Jegyop2

Vandals defaced Arches NP with graffiti as the government shutdown continues to leave public lands vulnerable to bad actors. https://buff.ly/EhZQAmW

As the climate summit gets rolling (sans the US), there is a focus on going back to basics and explaining why climate change matters. https://buff.ly/iwlzJkF

DOI has put a hold on its plan to lay off some 2000 workers during the shutdown. https://buff.ly/9IvfOsD

USFWS will not issue a national recovery plan for gray wolves. https://buff.ly/3GLoZOT

A new study suggests that the Great Barrier Reef could eventually recover if global warming is kept below 2ºC and then dialed back. But other scientists doubt that conclusion and in nay event there are many caveats. https://buff.ly/zlEU6QQ

After his first nominee failed, Trump has tapped an ex-House member to head USBLM. https://buff.ly/oDVXLBq

Brazil is proposing a new multilateral fund to pay tropical countries to keep their forests from being cut down and converted to other uses. https://buff.ly/iBMhPhS

Trump launched plans to revoke a ban on O&G development around Chaco Culture NHP. https://buff.ly/ddOW0XW

The latest annual Antarctic conservation summit is in the same old rut: once again, progress on new MPAs was blocked by China and Russia. https://buff.ly/xXmrtMG

As it prepares to host the global climate summit, Brazil's recent actions on the environment present a mixed picture. https://buff.ly/ObuDAqW

A new report says the world is on track to heat up by 2.3ºC by 2100 — lower than the projections made when the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 but higher than the 2.0º target in the Agreement. https://buff.ly/aYzDXsK