September 11, 2026 · Public Services, Science & Humanitarian Impact

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Interior Department Blocks $25 Million in National Park Projects Over Groups' Politics

The Interior Department rejected more than 130 partnership agreements worth over $25 million for projects at national parks including Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion and Joshua Tree, according to internal documents reported...

August 18, 2026 · Public Services, Science & Humanitarian Impact

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USDA Moves to Scrap the Roadless Rule, Opening Nearly 45 Million Acres of National Forest to Roads and Logging

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Tuesday that the U.S. Forest Service had filed a proposed rule to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule in its entirety. The Clinton-era rule blocks road...

July 13, 2026 · Public Services, Science & Humanitarian Impact

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Trump Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments

On July 13, 2026, President Trump signed a pair of executive proclamations in the Oval Office reducing the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in southern Utah, removing what he described as...