DOI has canceled $25M in partnership grants with organizations working with USNPS, saying that the organizations were working against the Trump administration's priorities. https://buff.ly/zwJtIjO

 

The contractor responsible for renovating the DC Reflecting Pool admitted that its own mistakes, and not vandalism, botched the job. https://buff.ly/h9IROLo

 

When Trump slashed Grand Staircase-Escalante NMon by 90%, he set off a legal fight — and started a bruising battle over the deleted areas' dinosaur fossils. https://buff.ly/D87VYzH

 

Archaeologists in Peru have found an undisturbed mausoleum from the ancient Chimu culture — "the find of the decade," according to one. https://buff.ly/P4P1A3L

 

August tied July 2023 as the hottest month ever recorded — on both land and sea. El Niño —supercharged by human-caused climate change — bears much of the blame. https://buff.ly/LQQiktI

 

States are suing Trump over his moves to weaken the ESA, including a watering-down of the definition of "harm" and allowing destruction of critical habitat, among others. https://buff.ly/Oxdb6Os

 

In an interview with the Harvard Kennedy School, two experts offer thoughts on how the funding of USNPS needs to be overhauled. https://buff.ly/gWR1QDO

 

Details of Trump's planned reorganization of USNPS have leaked. A fundamental restructuring is in the works, and further layoffs are not off the table. https://buff.ly/SWyHvD9

 

The head of the Smithsonian Institution, which has been repeatedly attacked by Trump, announced that he will retire at the end of the year. https://buff.ly/wmuulyM

 

Trump is moving to drastically reduce wetlands protections under the Clean Water Act. https://buff.ly/90ABkyi