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Senate Passes Extensive Public Lands Bill, Which Now Heads To House

Strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate has reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund, protected Yellowstone and North Cascades national parks from mining on their doorsteps, designated some 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and called for a study into potential units of the National Park System, though the House of Representatives still needs to take up the measure.

Bald Eagles Nesting At Cuyahoga Valley National Park

A pair of bald eagles has once again returned and is actively tending to its nest within the Pinery Narrows area in Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio. To protect the eagles from human disturbance, the area surrounding the nest tree will be closed until July 31, 2019. This pair has nested in the national park since 2007 and successfully fledged a total of 15 eaglets.

NPCA: Drilling Project Poses Threat To Everglades National Park

While oil exploration continues in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, another drilling case has cropped up that, while not necessarily posing an imminent threat to Everglades National Park, sparks the question of how close is too close when the largest designated sub-tropical wilderness area in North America is at risk of contamination?
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African Protected Areas Congress: A Watershed Event For Africa's Parks And Wildlife

The first African Protected Areas Congress is scheduled to convene in Nairobi, Kenya, from November 18-23, 2019. The International Union for Conservation of Nature-World Commission on Protected Areas has partnered with Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife and a broad range of conservation groups to organize and facilitate this gathering.

National Park Service Accepting Proposals For Historic Revitalization Subgrants In Rural Communities

The National Park Service is accepting applications for $5 million in grants to support the preservation of historic buildings in rural communities across the country that are listed in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places through the Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program (HRSP).