NPS

Lawsuit Threat on Illegal Interior Appointments

by Susan Sargent | April 28, 2020
Redelegations for Park Service and BLM Violate Federal Vacancies Reform Act ...

Reopened National Parks Must Curb Overcrowding   

by Susan Sargent | April 27, 2020
Long-Neglected Law Requiring “Carrying Capacities” Should be Dusted Off ...

Can National Parks Practice Social Distancing?

by Jeff Ruch | April 13, 2020
The still-unfolding pandemic has underlined the public health risks that national parks and refuges pose both to the visiting public and their own employees. How can national parks dedicated to attracting crowds operate in a new era of social distancing ...

National Parks Epitomize Trump COVID Inconsistency

by Jeff Ruch | April 8, 2020
As more than 100 national park units have closed, hundreds more remain open in an uneven handling of COVID-19 by the Trump administration ...

Coronavirus Leaves National Parks in Leaderless Limbo   

by Susan Sargent | March 23, 2020
Park Entrance Fees Waived as Visitor Centers Shuttered and Staff Telework ...
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