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- October 2, 2026,
The National Park Service proposed expanding off-road vehicle access in Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida on Oct. 1, implementing management decisions that have been pending for more than 15 years. The proposed updates to special regulations would open additional areas of the 729,000-acre preserve to ORV recreation, consistent
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- October 2, 2026,
The Bureau of Land Management scheduled a Dec. 1 oil and gas lease sale covering 43 parcels totaling approximately 35,000 acres in California’s Kern, Kings, San Luis Obispo and Fresno counties, the agency announced Oct. 1. The lease sale puts the administration’s energy development agenda in direct tension with California’s
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- October 2, 2026,
Catoctin Mountain Park announced a temporary closure of Park Central Road from Oct. 2 at 10 a.m. through Oct. 3 by 8 p.m., citing “increased security measures,” the National Park Service said. The language used in the closure notice is historically consistent with presidential use of Camp David, the presidential
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- October 2, 2026,
The Hōlei Sea Arch, one of the most photographed natural landmarks at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, collapsed into the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 1, the National Park Service announced. The arch had stood along the coast at the end of Chain of Craters Road on the Big Island’s southeastern shore,
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- October 1, 2026,
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Geological Survey released an updated database cataloguing known domestic deposits of 59 critical minerals essential for defense, clean energy and advanced technology on Sept. 29, the most comprehensive federal inventory of U.S. critical mineral resources assembled to date. The database is designed to support domestic critical
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- September 30, 2026,
The Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park reached 34% containment after growing 177 acres overnight, according to a morning update on Sept. 29. Firefighting operations continue with ground crews and aerial resources working to build and reinforce containment lines, though warmer and drier conditions forecast later in the week could
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- September 30, 2026,
The Bureau of Land Management opened a 30-day public comment period on 15 oil and gas parcels totaling 4,054 acres in New Mexico and Oklahoma proposed for a February 2027 federal lease sale on Sept. 29. The comment period closes before the end of October, giving industry groups and environmental
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- September 30, 2026,
The National Park Service announced the completion of more than $100 million in road rehabilitation along 75 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carolina on Sept. 29, one of the largest infrastructure projects in park service history. The project included repairs to damage caused by Hurricane Helene,
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- September 30, 2026,
The U.S. Geological Survey released an updated national database of known domestic deposits for 59 critical minerals on Sept. 29. The minerals are designated as strategic for national defense and supply chain security. The database is foundational for mining investment decisions, domestic production planning and efforts to reduce U.S. dependence
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- September 29, 2026,
Alcatraz Island will close to visitors beginning Oct. 26 while crews replace aging pilings securing the ferry dock, with repairs expected to be complete by Nov. 18, the National Park Service announced Sept. 29. The nearly four-week closure affects one of the most visited National Park Service sites in the
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- September 29, 2026,
The Bureau of Land Management launched the “All Americans Outside” initiative to expand public access to the 245 million acres of BLM-managed public lands, with specific outreach to Americans with disabilities, on Sept. 29. The program is framed as a national community-building and public health effort to connect more Americans
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- September 29, 2026,
The Bureau of Land Management announced a December 2026 oil and gas lease sale offering 172 parcels covering approximately 249,573 acres of federal land in Wyoming, on Sept. 29. The sale, scheduled for Dec. 9, is part of the administration’s continued push to expand energy production on federal lands. Wyoming
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- September 29, 2026,
The Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park grew 406 acres overnight to reach 30% containment, with active suppression operations continuing on the fire’s north flank, the National Park Service reported Sept. 28. The fire is burning northward into the footprint of the 2017 Empire Fire, where reduced fuel loads from
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- September 29, 2026,
Cape Hatteras National Seashore sustained significant damage from a coastal nor’easter that triggered a Dare County State of Emergency for Hatteras Island, the National Park Service reported Sept. 28. Non-resident travel to Hatteras Island is currently prohibited under the emergency declaration, and all off-road vehicle access ramps remain closed due
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- September 28, 2026,
WASHINGTON — Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Billy Kirkland issued a statement committing to strengthen the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Missing and Murdered Unit on Sept. 22. The unit serves as the primary federal investigative body focused on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. The statement addresses one
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