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Month: August 2020

Home > 2020 > August

Park Service Under Fire for Role in GOP Convention

August 27, 2020September 1, 2020 admin

      The Hill BY REBECCA BEITSCH – 08/27/20 The National Park Service (NPS) is in hot water with ethics watchdogs for a slickly produced video promoting President Trump

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Articlesnational park management

Coalition Joins Groups in Lawsuit Over Destructive Hunting Practices

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 admin

  August 26, 2020 Thirteen groups sue Interior, NPS for paving way for destructive hunting practices that threaten bears and wolves on national preserves ANCHORAGE, AK—A lawsuit filed today in

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News Release, Press ReleaseAlaska, Hunting, national park management

Coalition Comments on Distribution of GAO Act Funds

August 26, 2020 admin

      Park Service anniversary finds government working to implement new funding The government is working to implement new legislation giving the National Park Service’s infrastructure a well-needed facelift

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Articles, Secretary of the InteriorGreat American Outdoors Act, national park management

Coalition Speaks Out About Resource Damage

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 admin

      BALTIMORE (WBAL & AP) — A brick walkway at Fort McHenry was damaged by crews preparing for Vice President Mike Pence’s speech planned at the historic site

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Articlesnational park management

Coalition Joins Protest of Oil and Gas Lease Sales

August 25, 2020 admin

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance – Center for Biological Diversity – Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks – Great Old Broads for Wilderness – Living Rivers – National Parks Conservation Association

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Letter, StatementBLM, Oil & Gas Lease

Fort McHenry Should Not Be Used For Political Gain

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 admin

  Fort McHenry Should Not Be Used For Political Gain Vice President Mike Pence will speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday from Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic

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News Release, Press Releasenational park management

Coalition Voices Concern Over Use of Ft. McHenry

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 admin

  August 24, 2020 Ms. Margaret Everson Counselor to the Secretary, Exercising the Delegated Authority of the Director National Park Service 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC  20240 Dear Acting

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Letternational park management

Coalition: Acting Director Does Not Understand How Parks Operate

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 admin

  Margaret Everson, the recently named Acting Director of the National Park Service, has stated that a lack of park employees due to the pandemic should not be a reason

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National Health Emergency, News Release, Press Release, Statementnational park management

Coalition Submits FOIA Requests

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 admin

August 19, 2020 The Coalition submitted two FOIA requests this month. The first was yet another request sent to the NPS, asking for the number of COVID-19 cases to date

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Press Release, StatementFOIA

Freedom of Information Act: COVID-19 Cases to Date Among Park Service Employees

August 19, 2020 admin

  August 4, 2020 Charis Wilson, FOIA Officer, P.O. Box 25287 12795 W. Alameda Parkway Denver, CO 80225 Subject:  Freedom of Information Act Request Dear Ms. Wilson: This is a

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Letter, National Health EmergencyFOIA

Freedom of Information Act Request: Closure of Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

August 19, 2020September 9, 2020 admin

  August 18, 2020 Charis Wilson, FOIA Officer National Park Service P.O. Box 25287 12795 W. Alameda Parkway Denver, CO 80225 Subject:  Freedom of Information Act Request Dear Ms. Wilson:

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LetterFOIA, national park management

Coalition Condemns Decision to Open Arctic Refuge to Drilling

August 18, 2020 admin

  The Trump administration announced its plan to open up portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas development, a move that overturns six decades

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Press Release, StatementAlaska, national park management

Member OpEd: A call for authorizing Curecanti National Recreation Area

August 17, 2020 admin

A call for authorizing Curecanti National Recreation Area Posted to The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Aug 14, 2020 As a group, we have a combined 26.5 years of experience as

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OP-EDCORE Act, national park management

Coalition Objects to Using Parks as Campaign Stops

August 17, 2020September 1, 2020 admin

  August 17, 2020 Ms. Margaret Everson Counselor to the Secretary, Exercising the Delegated Authority of the Director National Park Service 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20240 Dear Acting

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Letternational park management

Coalition Comments on Proposed Mountain Biking Trail

August 17, 2020August 18, 2020 admin

  August 17, 2020 Mr. Cassius Cash Superintendent, Great Smoky Mountains National Park 107 Park Headquarters Road Gatlinburg, TN 37738 Subject:  Scoping Comments, Proposed Wears Valley Bicycle Trail Dear Superintendent

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Letterbicycles, national park management

Coalition Speaks About Lack of Permanent NPS Director

August 15, 2020January 23, 2021 admin

How Trump bent the National Park Service to do his bidding By Mark Kaufman For the first 100 years of the National Park Service’s existence, there has almost continually been

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Articles, National Health Emergency, Secretary of the Interiornational park management

Coalition On Acting Director Vela’s Departure

August 14, 2020August 18, 2020 admin

David Vela’s reversal of fortune: ‘D.C. is a fickle place’ Rob Hotakainen, E&E News reporter Published: Friday, August 14, 2020 When President Trump signed the Great American Outdoors Act last

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Articlesnational park management

Coalition Supports CORE Act Amendment

August 12, 2020August 13, 2020 admin

  August 12, 2020 Senator Lisa Murkowski Chairman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senator Joe Manchin Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Dear Chairman Murkowski

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LetterCORE Act

Coalition Celebrates Decision to Defer UT Lease Sales

August 12, 2020 admin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Bloch, Legal Director, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, 801-859-1552, steve@suwa.org Anne Hawke, Senior Press Secretary, Natural Resources Defense Council,  646-823-4518, ahawke@nrdc.org Liam Kelly, Communications Manager, National Parks Conservation Association,

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News Release, Press Release, Statement, Success Story

Coalition Objects to Proposed Political Speech at Gettysburg National Military Park

August 11, 2020August 12, 2020 admin

  President Trump recently announced he is considering both Gettysburg National Military Park and the White House as the setting for his upcoming speech to accept the Republican Presidential nomination.

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News Release, Press Release, Statement

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