COMMENTARY | New Wave of Personnel Actions Threatens National Parks
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Kaylee Rodriguez | August 7, 2025
With peak visitation season underway, the National Park Service is struggling to keep up amid increasing uncertainty and understaffing ...
REPORT | Protect Every Park and the Staff Who Steward Them
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PEER | July 16, 2025
Continued cuts jeopardize the Park Service’s core mission to preserve America’s natural and historic treasures “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations ...
COMMENTARY | House Budget Bill is a Disaster for Public Employees and the Environment
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Tim Whitehouse | May 23, 2025
PEER condemns the budget reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives as disastrous for our country’s fiscal health and our public lands, wildlife, and environmental protections ...
Over One Thousand National Park Sites Open for Mining
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PEER | May 15, 2025
Approval of Mojave Mine May Signal More Mineral Developments in Western Parks ...
COMMENTARY | Public Lands Unprotected: The Impact of Department of the Interior Law Enforcement Firings
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Guest Contributor | April 11, 2025
With understaffing of law enforcement officers and rangers already a severe problem, the new wave of terminations is exacerbating under-enforcement into crisis status ...
