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Nonprofit Organization Plans To Lease Historic Inn At Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The National Park Service has issued a letter of intent for the development of a lease for the historic Sleeping Bear Inn and Garage in Glen Haven, Michigan, to Balancing Environment and Rehabilitation. BEAR is a nonprofit dedicated to keeping the history and heritage of Glen Haven, Michigan sustainable.

Pikas Are Adapting To Climate Change Remarkably Well

Climate change is harming many special places and iconic species around our planet, from Glacier National Park’s disappearing glaciers to California redwoods scorched by wildfires. But for the animal I study, the American pika (Ochotona princeps), there’s actually some good news: It’s not as threatened by climate change as many studies have warned.

Op-Ed | Will Parks Receive Full Maintenance Funding From GAOA?

Last month, the Interior Department made an announcement that could have implications for those of us who love parks: In 2020, federal energy disbursements fell by about $3.5 billion, a plunge of 31 percent compared to the previous year. Why should park enthusiasts care about energy revenues? Simply put, if energy revenues slide much further, the new program meant to restore dilapidated park infrastructure will go underfunded, making it even more difficult to address the already colossal backlog of deferred maintenance.

Aquatic Restoration Research Chair Named For Five Atlantic Canadian Parks

Kurt Samways from the University of New Brunswick, has become Parks Canada’s first research chair in aquatic restoration and will work with five national parks in Atlantic Canada on conservation methods and ecological monitoring techniques to help protect and boost wild Atlantic salmon populations.

More Grand Teton National Park Campgrounds Going Into Reservation System

Visitors to Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway in Wyoming will soon be able to reserve campsites in advance at all concession-operated campgrounds. Reservations will go live on Recreation.gov beginning January 26 for the 2021 operating season. All park campgrounds that were first come, first served are moving to this advance reservation system.

Essay | It's Time For A CCC Revival For National Parks And Other Public Lands

Has the time come to develop a Civilian Conservation Corps-type program for today's unemployed and youth? A campaign for a new corps program to provide jobs for young people, to address pressing problems arising from climate change and environmental degradation, to especially address needs and opportunities to improve public lands like national parks, and to provide one vehicle for national service, must be mounted and can accomplish much good on many fronts.