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Rappahannock Tribe Challenges Water Permit In Chesapeake Bay Area

The Rappahannock Tribe is challenging a permit that would allow a Virginia county to draw up to 9 million gallons of water per day from the Rappahannock River.

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By NPT Staff - January 27th, 2026

Climate Refugia Research Is Helping Acadia National Park Prepare For The Future

A 2025 study is helping Acadia National Park improve its approach to its own potential climate refugia and guide plant restoration across the park.

From models to management: Implementing the climate-change refugia conservation cycle in national parks of the northeastern United States

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By Jennifer Roberts - January 27th, 2026

Photography In The National Parks: My 15 Favorite Images From 2025

Continuing a tradition begun with the Traveler in 2015, contributing photographer Rebecca Latson shows her 15 favorite images captured during 2025.

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By Rebecca Latson - January 27th, 2026

Op-Ed | Why “Sell-Off Steve” Pearce Is A Threat To Our National Parks

Steve Pearce, President Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, has spent his entire political career hellbent on selling off our beloved public lands, earning him the moniker “Sell-Off Steve” from conservation groups.

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By Adam Auerbach - January 27th, 2026

Portions of Canaveral National Seashore To Close Ahead of NASA Artemis Launch

NASA's Artemis II launch will force the closure of Playalinda Beach and some other sections of Canaveral National Seashore, which is in Florida adjacent to Kennedy Space Center.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - January 27th, 2026

Veteran Of Conservation Battles Picked To Lead National Parks Conservation Association

A veteran of conservation battles across the country has been selected to lead the National Parks Conservation Association.

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By NPT Staff - January 26th, 2026

Winter Storm Shut Down Dozens Of National Parks

Snow, ice and frigid cold shut down dozens of national parks as a winter storm battered a large swath of the United States.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - January 26th, 2026

Study Shows Imbalance In Wolf-Cougar Interactions In Yellowstone National Park

A 2026 study from Yellowstone National Park reveals an “enemies without benefits” relationship where cougars are negatively affected by the dominance of gray wolves.

Diets, dominance hierarchies, and kleptoparasitism drive asymmetrical interactions between wolves and cougars

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By Jennifer Roberts - January 26th, 2026

Are Birds In Paradise Doomed? Altitude And Time Running Out

Time is running out for rare honeycreeper bird species at Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii. Will a novel approach to save them work?

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By Rita Beamish - January 25th, 2026

Environmental Groups Claim Trump Administration Violated Laws In Approving Alaska Road

Conservationists fighting Alaskan efforts to build a 211-mile industrial mining road across pristine lands of the southern Brooks Range told a federal court that President Trump and his team violated numerous environmental laws in pushing through approvals to let it proceed.

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By Rita Beamish - January 25th, 2026

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