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The battle to save Africa’s endangered mountain gorillas
Civil war, deforestation, disease and poaching have driven the mighty mountain gorilla to the brink of extinction. Conservation efforts have helped boost population numbers, but humans are still their greatest threat. By Eva de Vries.
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10-year-old lobbies Congress in fight for National Parks
A 10-year-old Hawaiian boy is on a quest to protect our National Monuments, and he flew to Washington DC this week to meet with members of Congress and a member of the Trump Administration.
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Why Fenn's Deadly Treasure Hunt Should Go On
Two people have died in pursuit of Forrest Fenn’s hidden treasure. New Mexico’s Chief of Police is pleading with him to call it off. But how dangerous is it, really? By Peter Frick-Wright. (June 28, 2017)
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House Committee Advances GOP Legislation Attacking National Forest Protections
The bill would devastate national forests by gutting endangered species protections, limiting public comment and environmental review and increase logging. By Brett Hart.
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Yellowstone supervolcano has just been hit by more than 400 earthquakes in one week
The eruption risk at Yellowstone remains low, but one of the recent earthquakes was the biggest to have hit since 2014. By Hannah Osborne. (June 19, 2017)
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Grand Canyon at risk as Arizona officials ask Trump to end uranium mining ban
Powerful regional officials to ask administration to end 20-year ban, saying it is unlawful and inhibits economic opportunity. By Joanna Walters.
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Presidents can't undo national monuments, new study says
As Utah political leaders continue predicting President Donald Trump will shrink or even erase the new Bears Ears National Monument, a soon-to-be published legal analysis concludes that presidents have no authority to mess with monuments… By Brian Maffly.
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How a Deadly Prison Island Became a Natural Paradise
For almost 100 years, Coíba was inhabited only by criminals and political prisoners. Now it's one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. By Sarah Gibbens.
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WPA-Style Posters Imagine a Bleak Future for US National Parks
Artist Hannah Rothstein created a series of images in the style of vintage posters for US National Parks that imagines what they will look like if we don't act against climate change.
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New Posters Imagine [U.S.] National Parks in 2050; It’s Not Pretty
A new poster series from Hannah Rothstein takes iconic landscapes and imagines what they’ll look like in 2050 with climate change. By Brian Kahn.
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Another day, another dead wildlife ranger. Where is the outrage?
Every year more than 100 wildlife rangers are murdered in the line of duty. Why do they get so little support? And where is the outrage?
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A Death in Yellowstone
On the trail of a killer grizzly bear. By Jessica Grose
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Nestlé and Coca-Cola Attempt to Block National Parks From Banning Bottled Water Sales
Single-use water bottles generate up to 20 percent of the waste in National Parks but Congress is preventing their ban. By Alexis Bonogofsky.
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Hiker who fell into Yellowstone hot spring 'dissolved overnight'
The body of a hiker who who fell into a hot spring at Yellowstone Park was never retrieved because it "most likely dissolved overnight."
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A Talent for Sloth
Ten years as a lookout on a fire tower requires a particular aptitude for idleness. By Philip Connors.
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Mysterious American Cat
The Mountain Lions of Los Angeles. By Ryan Bradley.
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Condor chick born in wild flies from nest at Pinnacles for first time in a century
“She is staying near the nest, doing lot of practice flights. Her parents will help her learn how to fly and where to feed and how to interact with the other wild birds out there.” By Paul Rogers.
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How Photographs Have Shaped Our View of the National Parks
There were two prominent types of landscape photographs in the 1860s: Civil War battlefields strewn with the dead, and sweeping vistas of the West. By Allison Meier.
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Yosemite announces biggest expansion in 70 years, adding new meadows and forestland
In its biggest expansion in decades, Yosemite National Park on Wednesday broadened its western boundary by adding 400 acres of lush meadowlands edged with cedars and ponderosa pines that provide habitat for some of California’s most threatened wildlife. The nonprofit Trust for Public Land purchased Ackerson Meadow from private owners for $2.3 million this year and donated it Wednesday to the National Park Service, marking Yosemite National Park’s largest addition of untrammeled wilderness in seven decades. Yosemite now stands at roughly 750,000 acres.
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