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Trump Administration's Proposed Changes To Endangered Species Act Draw Criticism

Against projections that tens of thousands of species globally are at risk of extinction, the Trump administration on Friday proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act that critics say would lessen protections for the very species that need them.
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Photography In The National Parks: My Final Favorite Places For Photography

Planning for your next national park trip once the parks re-open? Can’t decide where to go? Photographer Rebecca Latson shares her final list of favorite spots for photo ops within national parks she’s visited. Perhaps her favorite spots will become your favorite spots. Or perhaps her favorite spots already are your favorite spots.

A Year Later, Death Valley Overlook Recalls Navy Pilot Who Died In "Star Wars Canyon"

It was a year ago when a Navy pilot on a training run through a canyon on the west side of Death Valley National Park was killed in a crash that also injured several visitors who had come to watch the flights. Today you can find an exhibit at the Rainbow Canyon overlook that explains the training flights and includes a biography of late Lt. Commander Charles Z. Walker.

Essay | National Parks As An Impediment To The Sixth Mass Extinction

At a time when conservationists are calling for 30 percent of the world to be protected for nature, and when the E.O. Wilson Foundation warns, “the world’s incredible biodiversity is shrinking fast,” existing national parks – and potential parks -- can play a key role in preserving nature and slowing the sixth mass extinction. But it could be a hard won goal, as national parks and lands worthy of national park designation are being hemmed in by development and resource extraction. These are some of the battlegrounds that are key to nature’s future.