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Google employees in front of Google HQ
Tech

A 29-year-old Google engineer was killed by a falling tree branch. Alphabet has one of the most generous employee death policies in Silicon Valley

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July 29, 2025
National Park Service’s ‘confine and contain’ strategy questioned after wildfire it let burn incinerates historic lodge and 70 other structures
Environment

National Park Service’s ‘confine and contain’ strategy questioned after wildfire it let burn incinerates historic lodge and 70 other structures

By Ross D. Franklin, John Seewer and The Associated Press
July 15, 2025
GOP wants to unload 3,125 square miles of federal public land but western governors aren’t convinced
Politics

GOP wants to unload 3,125 square miles of federal public land but western governors aren’t convinced

By Morgan Lee and The Associated Press
June 24, 2025
Trump plans to offload national park sites, but states don’t want them
Politics

Trump plans to offload national park sites, but states don’t want them

By Bobby Magill and Bloomberg
June 2, 2025
Mary Beth Laughton
Newsletters

REI’s new CEO started her tenure by apologizing for the brand’s endorsement of Trump’s interior secretary: ‘Our public lands are under attack’

By Emma Hinchliffe and Joey Abrams
May 12, 2025
U.S. infrastructure improved with big Biden spending—but only from a C- to a C
Finance

U.S. infrastructure improved with big Biden spending—but only from a C- to a C

By Tammy Webber, Michael Phillis and The Associated Press
March 25, 2025
Biden set to designate 2 new giant national monuments in California, protecting 850,000 acres as Trump looks to expand drilling
Politics

Biden set to designate 2 new giant national monuments in California, protecting 850,000 acres as Trump looks to expand drilling

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January 7, 2025
It takes only one Cheetos bag to have ‘world-changing’ impact on an ecosystem, national park says
Environment

It takes only one Cheetos bag to have ‘world-changing’ impact on an ecosystem, national park says

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September 10, 2024
A dark cavern is lit by people holding lanterns.
Lifestyle

A national park ranked among the most disappointing tourist sites uses bad reviews to lure visitors—’A world of regret awaits’

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September 9, 2024
Single dad says exposing ‘egregious’ proposal to turn Florida parks into golf courses got him fired
Politics

Single dad says exposing ‘egregious’ proposal to turn Florida parks into golf courses got him fired

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September 3, 2024
Grand Tetons
Environment

Wyoming has been daring the Feds to buy priceless Grand Teton lands for a decade by threatening an auction. Now it’s asking $80 million

By Mead Gruver and The Associated Press
December 7, 2023
Mount Rushmore
Environment

South Dakota bans flights within a half-mile of Mount Rushmore and tour operators are miserable: ‘I don’t know what we’ll be able to salvage’

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press
December 4, 2023
Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks are so critical that their home states will pay to keep them open during a government shutdown
Politics

Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks are so critical that their home states will pay to keep them open during a government shutdown

By Anita Snow and The Associated Press
September 28, 2023
Chris and Gary Kman
Environment

Horse people are furious over the Park Service proposal that could throw mustangs out of Theodore Roosevelt National Park

By Jack Dura and The Associated Press
August 26, 2023
Yellowstone bison
Environment

Yellowstone officials kill newborn bison that herd rejected after man picked it up

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May 24, 2023

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