The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas and announced it is taking a separate but related step to prevent future administrations from regulating climate pollution from power plants. Environmental groups decried the change, saying it would come […]
Court documents and a former caretaker reveal more behind the proposed Hazel Green resort, including exactly where the new road would cut into the park. To read the full article at CLIMBING (Powered by Outside), click here.
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More than 90 percent of American lumber comes off private land. The Trump administration wants to industrially log America’s national forests anyway. To read the full article at More Than Just Parks, click here.
The Trump administration announced Tuesday it is rolling back a rule prohibiting logging and road construction in undeveloped parts of national forests, including more than 4 million acres of federally managed forest lands in California. The change could open some of California’s most remote backcountry to new roads and development — even as U.S. Forest […]
When two major wildfires burned through the Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021, they took thousands of giant sequoia trees with them. Without prescribed burns, thousands more would have died, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. To read the full article, click here.
The Trump administration finalized a rule Friday that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act and eliminates a key protection for imperiled wildlife against logging, oil drilling and other activities. To read the full article by the AP, click here.
The US Forest Service is considering giving states and local counties more control over national forests and other public lands, Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said Tuesday. To read the full article by Bloomberg, click here.
For the first time since 1995, the Bureau of Land Management is rewriting its grazing regulations. The new rule, which governs ranching across 155 million acres of public lands in the West, would heavily favor the livestock industry. To read the full article by ProPublica, click here.
While Yosemite’s extraordinary natural features and fascinating history enthrall visitors to this day, ever-growing crowds, hours-long traffic jams, and National Park Service mismanagement are increasingly tarnishing Yosemite’s enchantment. To read the full blog post from the National Parks Conservation Association, click here.