Alaska will resume the “barbaric” practice of shooting bears and wolves from helicopters to reduce their numbers with the hope that it will boost moose and caribou herds. The renewed program would permit hunters to kill as many as 80 percent of the natural predators across 2,000 acres of state lands, reported The Guardian. “Alaska’s […]
The U.S. National Park Foundation has received a $100 million grant, the largest in the foundation’s history, from Lilly Endowment Inc., a private philanthropic foundation. The grant is also the largest ever to benefit national parks, according to the National Park Foundation. As The Associated Press reported, the grant funding will go toward the more […]
Billionaire Mark Attanasio, who owns the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, has been accused of stealing sand from Malibu, California’s Broad Beach. A lawsuit was filed by James Kohlberg, Attanasio’s next-door neighbor, alleging that the billionaire businessman had been excavating sand from the public beach to use for an ongoing construction project at his home, reported […]
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has ordered BlueTriton Brands, the company formerly known as Nestlé that bottles and sells bottled water brand Arrowhead Water, to stop drawing water from the San Bernardino Mountains in California. The decision by USFS supports a cease and desist made last year by the California Water Resources Control Board that […]
Officials in Wyoming have set new restrictions on who can bid on oil and gas leases in the state. The new rules prohibit conservationists from bidding with intentions to preserve the land. The bill, HB0141, was passed in March 2024. It was introduced by State Representative Cyrus Western (R-Big Horn) on behalf of the Petroleum […]
The Biden administration has finalized a new rule to protect United States public lands, including offering leasing of the lands for conservation in a similar manner as it does for drilling, grazing and mining, reported Reuters. The final Public Lands Rule will help the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to improve and protect the […]
The United States Department of the Interior has announced a final rule to curb methane emissions from natural gas waste during oil and gas production on the country’s federal and Tribal lands. The updated regulation modernizes rules that are more than four decades old. It will require oil and gas companies to stop wasteful practices, […]
The Oregon Outback, an area of southeastern Oregon, has earned a new designation as the largest of the Dark Sky Sanctuaries not just in the U.S., but internationally. DarkSky International, a nonprofit organization with a mission to educate on and minimize light pollution, has certified that Phase 1 of the Oregon Outback International Dark Sky […]
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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