National park ranger staff is shrinking despite rising visitation, search-and-rescue calls
by KUNR | August 26, 2024
A lack of park rangers puts more visitors in harm’s way, said Jeff Ruch, PEER’s Pacific director. “People are going deeper into places where they shouldn’t be and getting into trouble,” said Ruch, noting that park search-and-rescue calls have more than tripled between 2015 ...
Groups Sue to Keep E-Bikes off National Park Trails
by KUNR | December 10, 2019
“This summer, the National Park Service came out with a policy allowing electric bicycles in the same places as traditional bikes. A new federal lawsuit is challenging that rule. Last week, the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, led a coalition of ...