national monuments

Commercial Air Tours Over Bandelier National Monument to Be Banned

Commercial Air Tours Over Bandelier National Monument to Be Banned

The National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have completed an air tour management plan for Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico. As part of the plan, commercial air tours will be banned in and around the national monument. Commercial air tours are a type of flight that visitors can pay to […]

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    Photo Essay: Giving Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante the Protection They Deserve

    Photo Essay: Giving Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante the Protection They Deserve

    By Derrick Z. Jackson Walls of red, walls of gold. Stratified hillsides exposing 270 million years of Earth formation with ribbons of cocoa, caramel, burned orange, and white. Hoodoo rock formations playing tricks on our minds as massive boulders appear to teeter atop eroded, pencil-thin spires. We walked under natural arches that gloriously framed the […]

    Biden to Restore Protections to Three National Monuments Cut by Trump

    Biden to Restore Protections to Three National Monuments Cut by Trump

    President Biden will restore full protection today to three national monuments shrunk by the previous administration, which had also opened the sacred lands up for coal and uranium mining as well as oil drilling. Biden will expand Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in what is now Utah and restore protections from commercial […]

    Tribal Leaders Urge Biden to Immediately Restore Bears Ears Monument

    Tribal Leaders Urge Biden to Immediately Restore Bears Ears Monument

    By Brett Wilkins Amid increasing frustration, leaders of two Native American tribes are calling on President Joe Biden to “take immediate action” to restore and enlarge Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, according to a letter published Tuesday by The Washington Post. In the letter, Hopi Tribal Vice Chair Clark W. Tenakhongva and Navajo Nation […]

    Careful How You Camp: Tips for a Nature-Safe Vacation

    Careful How You Camp: Tips for a Nature-Safe Vacation

    By Jeannette Cwienk With the pandemic, many people have been vacationing closer to home, bringing down the carbon cost of getting away. And even those covering long distances are increasingly trying to reduce their environmental impact — perhaps by taking the train instead of flying. But sometimes what looks like an eco-friendly choice isn’t as […]

    Biden Nominates First Native American to Lead National Parks Service

    Biden Nominates First Native American to Lead National Parks Service

    President Biden nominated Charles “Chuck” Sams III to serve as director of the National Park Service on Wednesday. If confirmed, the former director of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and current member of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council would be the first Native American to direct the agency that oversees millions […]

    Overcrowded U.S. National Parks Need a Reservation System

    Overcrowded U.S. National Parks Need a Reservation System

    By Michael Childers If you’re headed out into the wild this summer, you may need to jump online and book a reservation before you go. For the second consecutive year, reservations are required to visit Yosemite, Rocky Mountain and Glacier national parks. Other popular sites, including Maine’s Acadia National Park, encourage visitors to buy entrance […]