Land Conservation

The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu gives people from around the world a chance to revisit a day that changed America forever. In 2017 alone, the National Park Service (NPS) site drew more than 1.9 million visitors, many of whom came to honor the U.S. military veterans who died in the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which pulled the U.S. into World... Read More

The evolution of Emery County, Utah, into a world-class outdoor recreation destination may not have started 150 million years ago, when the landscape teemed with Jurassic-era giants, but the raw material for the transformation was in place. After millennia shaped the slot canyons, hoodoos, buttes, and streambeds, and after archaic and pre-Columbian cultures etched their pictographs and... Read More

With record crowds contributing to wear and tear and federal funding unreliable, the National Park Service is struggling to keep pace with repairs, estimated at $11.6 billion in fiscal year 2017. Use this tool, based on NPS data, to learn more about deferred maintenance at NPS sites across the county, in your state, and at your favorite park. Read More

In March, more than 100 scientists from across Australia urged the Western Australian government to create a national park and a catchment management plan to protect the Fitzroy River. Read More

Several bills pending in Congress attempt to eliminate WSAs by dealing only with one side of that equation. These measures would release entire areas from their protected status, opening them to development with no consideration of protecting the places within those boundaries that warrant conservation. Such a determination ignores the importance of wildlife habitat, water quality, and quiet... Read More

The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu gives people from around the world a chance to revisit a day that changed America forever. In 2017 alone, the National Park Service (NPS) site drew more than 1.9 million visitors, many of whom came to honor the U.S. military veterans who died in the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which pulled the U.S. into World... Read More

The evolution of Emery County, Utah, into a world-class outdoor recreation destination may not have started 150 million years ago, when the landscape teemed with Jurassic-era giants, but the raw material for the transformation was in place. After millennia shaped the slot canyons, hoodoos, buttes, and streambeds, and after archaic and pre-Columbian cultures etched their pictographs and... Read More

In March, more than 100 scientists from across Australia urged the Western Australian government to create a national park and a catchment management plan to protect the Fitzroy River. Read More

Several bills pending in Congress attempt to eliminate WSAs by dealing only with one side of that equation. These measures would release entire areas from their protected status, opening them to development with no consideration of protecting the places within those boundaries that warrant conservation. Such a determination ignores the importance of wildlife habitat, water quality, and quiet... Read More

A key element of the growing outdoor recreation economy—which accounts for $887 billion in annual consumer spending and supports 7.6 million jobs, according to the Outdoor Industry Association—are small businesses, especially those that operate in the gateway communities around public lands. Sure, online shopping is convenient, but it’s to a local business that most visitors... Read More

The Pew Charitable Trusts expressed disappointment today with the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to reopen California’s Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP), which lays out a blueprint for balancing renewable energy development with conservation on our nation’s public lands. The bureau also announced its intention to cancel its work to prohibit industrial... Read More

The Pew Charitable Trusts expressed deep disappointment today in the decision by President Donald Trump to significantly scale back the boundaries of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. Read More

With the Interior Department weighing possible changes to management of greater sage-grouse habitat in the American West, The Pew Charitable Trusts said today that the existing management plans for those vast areas should be given time to work. Pew added that major changes to the plans are unnecessary and that any modifications must be grounded in science. A public comment period closes... Read More

In 1885, the 27-year-old Theodore Roosevelt published Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, in which the future president wrote about stalking “the grouse of the Northern Plains,” including what he referred to as the “sage fowl.” Read More

Flying across the width of Australia in July, from Sydney in the southeast to Broome in the northwest, I was mesmerized by the sweeping floodplains of the channel country and the seemingly endless rolling dunes of the Simpson and Great Sandy deserts—landscapes that looked devoid of life. But in fact I was peering down from my window seat at complex ecosystems that are home to both wildlife... Read More

With record crowds contributing to wear and tear and federal funding unreliable, the National Park Service is struggling to keep pace with repairs, estimated at $11.6 billion in fiscal year 2017. Use this tool, based on NPS data, to learn more about deferred maintenance at NPS sites across the county, in your state, and at your favorite park. Read More

More than a third of America’s national parks are battlefields, cemeteries, and other sites that honor our military veterans. But those 156 landmarks are awaiting $6 billion in needed repairs—accounting for nearly half of the National Park Service’s $11.6 billion maintenance backlog. Host Dan LeDuc talks with two former service members about the peace, pride, and purpose they find at their... Read More

The country is celebrating National Park Week from April 21 to 29. How much do you know about some of the most unique and treasured places in America? Read More

Join lifelong farmer Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer on a tour of Jones Dairy Farm for unique insights on how automation will forever change the way we produce food—starting with robotic milking. Read More

In 1989, Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston, South Carolina. The natural disaster claimed a dozen lives and caused more than $10 billion in recovery costs. At the time, it was the most destructive and expensive hurricane on record. The city was devastated, but then-Mayor Joseph Riley vowed not just to rebuild, but to rebuild better. His plan included a storm water management plan using underground... Read More