The FAA Is Enabling Helicopters to Ruin the Outdoors

by Elizabeth Duan | October 3, 2020
“In August 2018, about 250 fed-up Hawaiians filed into a Department of Transportation meeting in Hilo to rail against a steady stream of helicopters passing over their homes—as many as 80 a day—en route to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. One commenter, standing at the microphone ...

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Is Getting New Visitor Center

by Elizabeth Duan | October 2, 2020
“After years of need, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana is getting a bigger and better visitor center, one with the space and proper environmental controls to display more of the monument’s archaeological collections. The 2008 plan called for an enclosed ...

PEER Claims Acting Park Service Director Is Serving Illegally

“Margaret Everson, who has been serving as acting director of the National Park Service since August 7, was illegally appointed and should be removed, according to a court filing by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. PEER originally raised that issue in late August, ...

Interior Department officially approves e-bike policy

“The U.S. Department of Interior on officially approved its policy proposal for land managers to regulate e-bikes the same as traditional bikes on non-motorized lands. However, increased e-bike access has led to lawsuits. One was filed in December against the NPS by The Public ...

Partisan fight sinks asbestos ban

“Two environmental groups called on the court to remove the de facto head of the National Parks Service in the wake of a separate court order last week that blocked William Perry Pendley from similarly acting as the head of the Bureau of Land Management. Public Employees for ...
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