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Land And Water Conservation Fund To Provide Millions In Grants For Outdoor Recreation

The Land and Water Conservation Fund will provide more than $327 million in formula grants and $134 million in competitive grants across the United States as an investment in parks, playgrounds, trails and open spaces.

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By NPT Staff - June 8th, 2026

Quotes Related To Slavery And Immigration To Be Removed From Bunker Hill

Three quotes will be removed from the Bunker Hill Lodge at Boston National Historical Park after a visitor flagged a quote related to women’s suffrage

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By NPT Staff - June 8th, 2026

Trump Administration Waives Environmental Laws To Allow Border Wall In Big Bend National Park

Months of waffling over how it might construct a border wall through Big Bend National Park took on some clarity Monday when the Department of Homeland Security waived all environmental regulations that normally would need to be followed to construct a wall there.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 8th, 2026

Price Of Annual America The Beautiful Pass Might Be Increasing

The cost of an annual America the Beautiful — National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass might be increasing by 25 percent for those under 62 come January 1, 2027.

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By NPT Staff - June 8th, 2026

Conservation Group Challenges Revocation Of Bison Grazing Permits On Public Lands

A conservation group is challenging a decision by the Bureau of Land Management to revoke American Prairie’s authority to graze bison on public lands in northeastern Montana.

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By NPT Staff - June 8th, 2026

Young Mountains, Old Rocks: A Geological Overview Of The Teton Range

Similar to the nearby Wind River, Beartooth, and Gallatin mountains, the formation of the oldest rocks in the Tetons dates to more than 2.7 billion years ago.

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By Yellowstone Volcano Observatory - June 8th, 2026

A Day In The Park: Lewis And Clark National Historical Park

After Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, along with their Corps of Discovery, reached the Pacific Ocean, they realized they needed a place to weather out the cold, wet winter before heading back to St. Louis. So they built Fort Clatsop on the Oregon side of the Columbia River and this location became the focal point for the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park.

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By Rebecca Latson - June 8th, 2026

An Obligation To Protect The Florida Reef

No shimmering schools of brilliantly colored fish. No forests of elkhorn and staghorn corals or colonies of undulating sea fans. No pillar corals or vibrant sponges.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 8th, 2026

Lawsuit Filed To Stop UFC Fight On White House Lawn

National Park Service officials broke the law by agreeing to let Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts take place on the White House lawn, according to a public advocacy group trying to stop the event.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 7th, 2026

Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event Appears To Have Ended

Though the record-breaking fourth global coral bleaching event apparently has ended, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, staff there say the rapidity at which those events are occurring makes it hard to define when they begin and end.

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By NPT Staff - June 7th, 2026

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