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UPDATE | Traveler's View: America The Beautiful Act Has Good Intentions, But...

Much bipartisan fanfare accompanied the House Natural Resource Committee's vote to send the American the Beautiful Act, which is portrayed as legislation that will help conserve national parks, to the full House for consideration, but the reality is that its passage won't meaningfully help the National Park Service tackle its vast maintenance backlog.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 29th, 2026

Traveler's View: You Can't Sanitize National Parks

National parks can be dangerous places.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 26th, 2026

Traveler's View: We Need More Wilderness

There is a need today for more official wilderness across the United States' federal kingdom before there's none to preserve.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 25th, 2026

Traveler's View | The Emasculation Of The National Park Service

With the stroke of his pen, or a few taps on his keyboard, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin emasculated the National Park Service.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 11th, 2026

Traveler's View | Fix These Parks, Mr. Trump

The Trump administration isn’t the first to pay scant attention to the National Park System, but Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s robust embrace of the multiple use of public lands while pushing to reduce the size and role of the National Park Service speaks volumes about what the administration thinks of America’s Best Idea.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 5th, 2026

Traveler's View | Time To Pass The Torch

At a time when we need more journalists to follow what’s going on in the parks and with the National Park Service, the National Parks Traveler is at a crossroads.

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April 6th, 2026

Traveler's View | National Park Service Squandering Opportunity At Cumberland Island

The National Park Service appears poised to squander an opportunity to protect the largest undeveloped barrier island on the East Coast, one with roughly 20,000 acres of official and potential wilderness, 18 miles of protected beaches, threatened and endangered species, and maritime forests and salt marshes.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 17th, 2026

Traveler's View | An Unqualified Choice?

President Donald Trump's nominee to head the National Park Service appears to fall short of the position's requirements as established by Congress.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 13th, 2026

Traveler's View | The Interior Secretary's Damaging Disregard For National Park Science

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum's approach to managing the United States' rich natural resources evidently has little regard for science that guides the federal land-management agencies' stewardship of those lands and waters.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 2nd, 2026

Traveler’s View | Altering Science And History In The National Park System

When the state of Florida and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem embarked on a farcical scheme to create “Alligator Alcatraz” in Big Cypress National Preserve last summer, they headed down a path of easily disprovable lies and “alternative facts” the Trump administration continues to run with.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 30th, 2026

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