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BLM Thinking Of Leasing Oil And Gas Parcels Near Dinosaur National Monument

Not long after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management decided against offering for oil and gas leasing three parcels near Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, the agency now is thinking of offering two parcels near Dinosaur National Monument in the state's northeastern corner.

72-Year-Old Tractor Rich In Homesteading History Coming To Homestead National Monument Of America

A 72-year-old tractor that long has been parked on an Alaskan riverbank along the last tract of land obtained via a homestead patent issued under the Homestead Act of 1862 is being airlifted to Nebraska, where it will be cleaned up and exhibited at Homestead National Monument of America.

Op-Ed | A Monumental Task!

Over the years, in visits to national monuments, this question seldom occurred to me. Walking the lava at Craters of the Moon NM, canoeing the Missouri River in the Upper Missouri River Breaks, kayaking and hiking Glacier Bay while it was still a monument and before it gained national park status, I gave little thought to where the monument boundaries were and why they were there.

Congressman Wants More In-Depth Hearing Into Sexual Harassment In National Park Service

Though the House Oversight Committee last fall held an extensive hearing into harassment, sexual and otherwise, in the National Park Service, a Virginia Democrat is calling on the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to hold its own hearing into the problem.