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Latest top headlines • 24 August 2026
A former USNPS interpretive ranger is on an "anti-censorship tour" to show park visitors signs Trump doesn't want them to see. https://buff.ly/9qifOYC
Trump's border security apparatus could threaten ancient cave art, archaeologists say. https://buff.ly/jHDOxGF
UNESCO is expressing concern over Trump's plan to allow O&G leasing in the buffer zone around Chaco Culture NHP, a World Heritage Site. https://buff.ly/aSwi9tQ
The Supreme Court is giving itself more time to decide whether to halt Trump's ballroom project — and in the meantime will not intervene to stop construction. https://buff.ly/2ZlS99J
Under directions from Burgum, USNPS has revamped its procedures to quickly redirect funds to projects Trump wants. https://buff.ly/g39CfiG
A new national monument recalling the persecution of LGBTQIA2S+ people in Canada has opened in Ottawa. https://buff.ly/Qa7mSCm
A judge has issued a temporary injunction to halt construction of border security measures inside Big Bend NP pending an emergency hearing next week. Construction had already been "paused" by Trump officials after a huge outcry. https://buff.ly/ES0v0tq
Minnesota's Democratic governor signed an executive order prohibiting non-ore mining in and adjacent to the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area. The decision throws a major roadblock into plans for a new mine that Trump and Republicans have been pushing for. https://buff.ly/s5dAmO0
In the latest twist in a continuing saga, a federal judge has blocked the building of a controversial road through Izembek NWR. https://buff.ly/xRfqbIr
Trump took the next step to repealing the Roadless Rule, which for over 20 years has protected undeveloped areas of national forests. https://buff.ly/kGuBDtG
Bowing to a bipartisan outcry, Trump's head of border protection announced that work in Big Bend NP is being suspended pending a personal visit to the park to review the project. https://buff.ly/jybtXUB
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