August 28, 2026 · Corruption, Ethics & Self-Dealing

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Trump Administration Weighs Handing a Quarter-Mile Strip of Yosemite to a Private Developer for an Access Road

The Interior Department and a lawyer for Kingsbarn Realty Capital confirmed on Aug. 28-29, 2026 that the National Park Service has been discussing a land exchange giving the Nevada-based firm a piece of Yosemite National...

March 6, 2026 · Public Services, Science & Humanitarian Impact

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Interior Moves to Let Alaska Allow Bear Baiting Again in National Preserves

The Interior Department announced on March 6, 2026, that it would propose a rule applying Alaska state hunting regulations inside Alaska's national preserves, reversing federal restrictions and again permitting practices...

December 6, 2025 · Political Spectacle & Unusual Conduct

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National Parks Fee-Free Calendar Drops MLK Day and Juneteenth, Adds Trump's Birthday

In December 2025, the Interior Department revised the National Park Service's fee-free entrance day calendar for 2026, removing Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth and adding a new "resident-only patriotic fee-free...