May 21, 2026 Mr. William Scharf Chair, National Capital Planning Commission 401 9th Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 Subject: Comments on the Proposed Monumental Arch, Memorial Circle, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Columbia Island Dear Chairman Scharf, The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition) is
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May 21, 2026 The Honorable Markwayne Mullin, Secretary United States Department of Homeland Security 1880 2nd Street Southwest Washington, DC 20024 Dear Secretary Mullin: We write to you today as former superintendents and a former deputy superintendent of Big Bend National Park, with 259 collective years of National Park Service (NPS) experience, to
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THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY * NEW MEXICO WILD * COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS * NEW MEXICO WILDLIFE FEDERATION * ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD Cody Mccullah cm*******@*lm.gov May 15, 2026 SUBMITTED VIA E-PLANNING Sheila Hutcherson, New Mexico Associate State Director U.S. Bureau of Land Management 301 Dinosaur Trail Santa Fe, NM 87508 Project Contacts: Audrey Jennings
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