National Park Service Getting Around To eBike Regulations

by Elizabeth Duan | April 3, 2020
“More than six months after Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ordered the National Park Service to expand access for eBike users in the National Park System, the agency is getting around to drafting regulations for the motorized cycles and would soon seek public input. Back in ...

Officials call for Grand Canyon closure to help stem coronavirus spread

by Elizabeth Duan | March 31, 2020
“Arizona lawmakers joined local and tribal officials Tuesday calling on the Interior Department to reverse its “reckless” decision to keep Grand Canyon National Park open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental ...

Groups Want Pause on State Water Project Permits

by Elizabeth Duan | March 30, 2020
“Clean-water advocacy groups are asking state officials to postpone new water permits until after coronavirus orders have been lifted here to ensure the public has a say on projects that affect the “lives and lands of Tennesseans.” These permits include permissions to ...

COVID-19 Isn’t Slowing Down Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks

by Elizabeth Duan | March 27, 2020
“The coronavirus pandemic has brought life to a standstill in many parts of the world, but much to the dismay of environmental and activists, it isn’t holding back President Donald Trump’s efforts to weaken clean-air protections and sell off public lands for private gain. In ...

Ride Out the Coronavirus in Your Backyard, Not the Backcountry

by Elizabeth Duan | March 26, 2020
“Visitors are surging to national parks as people across the country seek relief from coronavirus shelter-in-place orders. In the past week, Point Reyes National Seashore north of San Francisco experienced what park officials described as “unprecedented visitation.” Thousands of ...
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