Public Lands

Can National Parks Practice Social Distancing?

by Jeff Ruch | April 13, 2020
The still-unfolding pandemic has underlined the public health risks that national parks and refuges pose both to the visiting public and their own employees. How can national parks dedicated to attracting crowds operate in a new era of social distancing ...

National Parks Epitomize Trump COVID Inconsistency

by Jeff Ruch | April 8, 2020
As more than 100 national park units have closed, hundreds more remain open in an uneven handling of COVID-19 by the Trump administration ...

Coronavirus Leaves National Parks in Leaderless Limbo   

by PEER | March 23, 2020
Park Entrance Fees Waived as Visitor Centers Shuttered and Staff Telework ...

America’s Rangelands Deeply Damaged by Overgrazing  

by PEER | March 5, 2020
Figures Show Vast Areas Failing BLM’s Own Rangeland Health Standards ...

Nobody Home at National Park Headquarters

by PEER | February 18, 2020
Special Assistant a No-Show; Two-Thirds of Top Slots Vacant or Acting ...

BLM Overrules Staff And Orders More Colorado Drilling

by PEER | February 6, 2020
Public Input and Governor’s Objections Ignored by DC-Based BLM Officials ...
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