The "Resistance Rangers" are planning protests of Trump's USNPS cuts at 170 locations on Saturday. https://buff.ly/PLqWUne

A recently announced settlement was supposed to finally bring the ranching-vs-elk controversy at Point Reyes NS to a close. It did not. https://buff.ly/she6NMC

Trump announced that he wants to open the entire Coastal Plain of ANWR to O&G drilling. https://buff.ly/aeYMeCd

USNPS has now received authority to rehire all of the probationary employees who were summarily fired by Trump. https://www.npca.org/articles/7538-parks-group-welcomes-reinstatement-of-probationary-park-staff-but-warns-of

Federal employees who have had their summary firings reversed by a judge are being put on administrative leave with pay rather than allowed to return to work. A NY Times story profiles one such worker, an employee with USNPS. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/fired-federal-workers-reinstated-place-administrative-leave.html

USNPS superintendents have been told to hold off on reinstating fired employees while Trump ponders an appeal of the judge's decision ordering the reinstatement. https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/03/national-park-service-awaiting-further-instructions-reinstating-fired-employees

Burgum is an ardent admirer of Theodore Roosevelt. Conservationists are trying to figure out what that may mean for his plans. https://www.eenews.net/articles/burgums-national-monuments-quandary-follow-roosevelt-or-trump/