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Sadly, the federal government hasn’t been keeping the number of law enforcement rangers up, despite new records for park visitors every year. Just since 2021, more than a quarter of rangers have left the agency and were not replaced. Since 2010, 48% of ranger slots went vacant with no ...

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, in a report released Thursday, says the number of NPS law enforcement rangers and special agents has declined by nearly half since 2010, and has now reached what the group calls a “generational low,” according to data it obtained via ...

Commercial livestock grazing across the West is a growing threat to the greater sage-grouse, according to an analysis by conservation groups Western Watersheds Project and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The groups analyzed documents from the Bureau of Land Management ...

The plight of greater sage grouse across the West is troubling, scientists say. Greater sage grouse populations declined nearly 80% between 1966 and 2021 and 41% from 2002-2021, according to federal scientists’ reports in the ongoing federal environmental review of grouse management. The ...

Selon une étude américaine publiée le 24 juillet dans la revue Environmental Health Perspectives, les per- et polyfluoroalkylées (PFAS) sont de plus en plus utilisés dans les pesticides aux États-Unis. Ces « polluants éternels » sont omniprésents dans notre quotidien, comme ...

A coalition of conservation groups has petitioned the Bureau of Land Management to protect a large southern Nevada valley west of Las Vegas, citing the threat of large-scale solar development. At issue is the South Pahrump Valley and proposals to build at least five utility-scale solar ...