COMMENTARY | Growing Resistance to Trump’s Cuts Indicates Budget Battle Ahead
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Kaylee Rodriguez | August 28, 2025
If the Interior and Environment Appropriations bills move to the floor, we can expect a showdown between “skinny budget” loyalists and other members of Congress who are increasingly pushing back against the broad slashing of funds ...
COMMENTARY | Dumbing Down America’s Best Idea: National Parks in Free Fall
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Jeff Ruch | August 16, 2025
Even as the National Park Service sets new all-time visitation records, no one could claim our national parks are basking in a golden age ...
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 ...