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USGS Wants To Expand Lahar Detection System At Mount Rainier National Park

The fact that Mount Rainier is an active volcano, and its location not far from Seattle and Tacoma, have landed it as the second-most dangerous volcano in the United States, according to the United States Geological Survey. That threat has the USGS wanting to expand the lahar detection system at Mount Rainier National Park, a proposal that merits public input.

African American Historic Sites In Chesapeake Bay Watershed To Be Documented

History resides in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that hasn't fully been documented. Black history, specifically. But now a partnership of organizations including the National Park Service will work to map and identify sites and landscapes in the watershed region significant to African American history and culture.

House Committee Passes Nearly Two Dozen Public Lands Measures

While the House Natural Resources Committee has approved a wide range of measures that would not only extend park boundaries and protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from mining but also remove Confederate monuments from public lands, with the legislative calendar running out it's questionable whether any of these measures will gain full Congressional passage this year.