In joint comments submitted on Dec. 30, a coalition of nonprofits led by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, said the agencies are failing to meet that mandate by attempting to replace the management plan with a workaround that is not subject to environmental review ...

“Two local environmental groups joined a lawsuit filed last week against the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior over recent directives that opened up parklands nationwide for the use of electric bikes. The suit alleges that the agencies skipped necessary rule- ...