Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Is Getting New Visitor Center
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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
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Elizabeth Duan |
“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
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Elizabeth Duan |
“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
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Elizabeth Duan |
“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 ...
Interior Department Finalizes eBike Regulations For National Parks
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Elizabeth Duan |
“Thirteen months after Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ordered the National Park Service to grant eBike riders the same access in parks as muscle-powered cyclists enjoyed, the Interior Department on Friday finalized the regulations that allow that access. In December 2019 Public ...