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Traveler's View: Are You Really Working For The Good Of All Americans, Mr. Zinke?

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was so anxious to score a major infrastructure success project last fall that he drained a quarter of the National Park Service's construction budget to do that. Now we're left wondering what else is being drained of $12 million so a backcountry lodge in Glacier National Park can be rebuilt to serve a very, very select group of park visitors. At the same time, a program that reaches out to millions of fourth-grade students is hanging in the balance because the secretary sees it as a money loser.

UPDATE| Interior Department: More Than Quarter-Billion To Be Spent On National Park Infrastructure

More than a quarter-billion dollars has been committed this fiscal year to address National Park System infrastructure needs as diverse as critical bridge repairs, sewer system fixes, and trail work deep underground. But the list of projects, and their costs, released Wednesday by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke raised questions concerning funding sources and approved projects.

Fungus That Causes White-Nose Syndrome In Bats Detected At Fort Laramie National Historic Site In Wyoming

Wyoming wildlife researchers working at Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Goshen County have detected the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in bats, the first such finding in the state. Testing of skin-swab samples collected from the wing of a little brown bat confirmed the presence of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd for short).