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What would those in the know like others understand about the USA’s biodiversity, parks, and wildlife?
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Biden creates 2 new national monuments, but bad weather delays the announcement
US Forest Service hiring freeze: Leaked documents reveal the agency is quietly gutting its seasonal workforce – Vox
Mapping the most popular National Park Service lands
Interior to shutter national parks during shutdown – Politico
The American outdoors is financially inaccessible. Can it be more equitable? – Vox
‘Like an oven’: heat and tourism create headache for US park rangers – The Guardian
Google Maps updates: New ways to explore National Parks
Hawaii’s lawmakers mull imposing fees to pay for ecotourism crush – NPR
Elsewhere
Gap Analysis Project – U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Drought Monitor
How Overseas Visitors Can Help Steward Our National Parks – PERC
Outdoor Recreation
Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account, U.S. and States, 2022
Las Vegas outdoor businesses see huge growth – Review Journal
Rivers
National Hydrography Dataset – U.S. Geological Survey
Visitor Spending
In 2022, 312 million park visitors spent an estimated $23.9 billion in local gateway regions while visiting National Park Service lands across the country. These expenditures supported a total of 378 thousand jobs, $17.5 billion in labor income, $29.0 billion in value added, and $50.3 billion in economic output in the national economy.
Economic Contributions of National Park Visitor Spending
nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm
National Park Visitation Sets New Record as Economic Engines
Our Parks – AltUSNationalParkService
Our Parks – ourparks.org – are advocates for sustainable enjoyment of our national treasures and committed to raising awareness about the ecological and cultural importance of our parks.
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Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior conserves and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people, provides scientific and other information about natural resources and natural hazards to address societal challenges and create opportunities for the American people, and honors the Nation’s trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities to help them prosper.
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Trails
Partnership for the National Trails System – Facebook
East Coast Greenway Alliance – Facebook – YouTube
A 3,000-mile walking and biking route, Key West to Canada • Connecting our nation’s most populated corridor • Transforming 15 states and 450 communities.
Biden Administration
How quickly can Biden undo Trump’s environmental rollbacks? – Grist
Great American Outdoors Act
New Interior order undermines conservation bill Trump campaigned on, critics say
During a time of uncertainty, Great American Outdoors Act deserves our support
The Great American Outdoors Act passes Senate with bipartisan support
Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data – Congressional Research Service (PDF)
The Essential Guide to Not Ruining a National Park for Everyone – Wired
Birthdays
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nps.gov
travel-experience-live.com
Indigenous Connections
digital.vpr.net
Native Hawaiian and National Park Service employee, Melia Lane-Kamahele writes that “a national park in its conventional form – complete with boundary lines on a map, non-indigenous places names and an operating structure comprised of statutes, regulations and policies – is far removed from how many indigenous people understand the world.”
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National Park Service
Everglades
Joshua Tree
Glacier
Yellowstone
Indiana Dunes
Mount Rainier
CraterLake
Dry tortugas
Denali
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
Flickr Galleries
Bob Wick Landscapes, < 4000 pixels across a gallery curated by anita.yx.li
Bob Wick Landscapes, 4000+ pixels wide a gallery curated by anita.yx.li
Inholdings
Inholdings are privately owned land parcels, such as homes, mining claims, or ranchland, located within the boundary of a federally managed area like a national park or forest. – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inholding
Flickr Groups
North American Ecotourism
World Parks
Missouri State Parks and Historical Areas
Nationalparkstraveler
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National Park Foundation
National Parks Conservation Association
America’s State Parks
PortlandVancouverNationalWildlifeRefuges
CenterforBioDiv – Events
National Park Foundation
“Your love of parks has inspired our work for more than 50 years. By working together, we can have a powerful effect on the places that matter the most. As the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation generates private support and builds strategic partnerships to protect and enhance America’s national parks for present and future generations. We focus on promoting programs and projects that protect precious landscapes and wilderness, historical sites, and places of cultural significance.”
nationalparks.org
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Wildlife Refuges
National Wildlife Refuge System – U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
National Wildlife Refuge – Wikipedia
History of the National Wildlife Refuge System – Wikipedia
By Executive Order of March 14, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, along Florida’s central Atlantic coast, as the first unit of the present National Wildlife Refuge System.
House Committee on Natural Resources
naturalresources.house.gov
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https://mcclintock.house.gov/issues/natural-resources-committee
https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-huffman-named-natural-resources-committee-vice-ranking-member
Wikipedia
National Park Service
List of the United States National Park System official units
Ecotourism in the United States
National Park Service Ranger
Edward Abbey
Stephen Mather
Edmund Jaeger
List of U.S. state birds
List of national parks of the United States
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