Jackson Hole News & Guide

Officials told park leaders that most employees should get a grade of 3, meaning that they had achieved their goals, rather than a 4 or 5, which are for exceeding expectations. Park Service watchdogs are critical of the move. “What they’re doing is discarding transparent standards,” ...

When the National Park Service issued rules implementing Bernhardt’s order shortly after it was issued, it gave individual superintendents the ability to close certain areas to e-bike use, banned e-bikes that could be driven without pedaling and prohibited e-bikes in wilderness areas ...

In 2019 Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an order allowing e-bikes wherever conventional bicycles were allowed. The decree affected about 18,000 miles of Bureau of Land Management trails and 16,000 miles in national parks. A consortium of conservation groups went to court to ...

“Frustrated by noisy helicopters around national parks in Hawaii, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono sued to force the government to comply. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., ruled in their favor in May 2020 and ...

“When Yellowstone wrapped up its telecommunications plan a decade ago, the park specifically designated historic buildings like the Old Faithful Lodge and Lake Hotel cabins as places that wouldn’t be modernized with Wi-Fi technology. Knowing those commitments, National Park Service ...