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Latest top headlines • 6 November 2025
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
A judge halted a plan to use poisons in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness to get rid of non-native trout. https://buff.ly/v5I40UJ
The last remaining USNPS employee in charge of capping 93 leaking "orphan" O&G wells in various NPs around the country was laid off. DOI wouldn't explain what will happen next. https://buff.ly/v7FkK3I
INSPIRED BY GEORGE MELÉNDEZ WRIGHT
The first-ever biography of our namesake — the visionary who revolutionized management of America‘s national parks
“Emory’s enumeration of Wright’s accomplishments—including a survey of wildlife in Western parks, the first of its kind—is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Highly recommended for nature lovers and park enthusiasts.” LIBRARY JOURNAL
