Preservation Groups Urge Caution on Proposed Rifle Range Near Appomattox Courthouse Battlefield

  Appomattox County Board of Supervisors  333 Court St.  Appomattox, VA 24522  Chair Hinkle, Vice-Chair Jones, and members of the Appomattox County Board of Supervisors,  We, the below undersigned organizations, write to you today regarding CUP250870, Rifleman’s Resort. We are a collection of national park and battlefield preservation non-profits dedicated to protecting and preserving our

BLM’s Direct Final Rule Sidesteps the Law to Delay Critical Oil and Gas Bonding Protections

January 20, 2026   SUBMITTED VIA REGULATIONS.GOV (BLM-2025-0269)   U.S. Department of the Interior, Director (630) Bureau of Land Management 1849 C St. NW, Room 5646 Washington, D.C. 20240, Attention: 1004-AF43   Re: Comments on Direct Final Rule – Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Statewide Bonds; Extension of Phase-in Deadline   To Whom It May

Oil & Gas Leasing Threatens Old Spanish National Historic Trail in Utah

A coalition of conservation and public lands organizations is urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw portions of its proposed Utah 2026 Second Quarter oil and gas lease sale, warning that dozens of lease parcels would harm the Old Spanish National Historic Trail (OSNHT)—a congressionally designated national historic trail protected under federal law.

Conservation Groups Urge BLM to Halt Utah Oil & Gas Lease Sale

NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARK ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY A coalition of conservation organizations is calling on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to stop the Utah 2026 Quarter 2 oil and gas lease sale, warning it would open more than 54,000 acres across

National Park Service Veterans Urge Colorado to Move Forward on Historic Wolverine Reintroduction

1/9/2026 Dear Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioners, I am writing on behalf of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition), which represents over 4,700 current, former, and retired employees and volunteers of the National Park Service. Collectively, our membership represents over 50,000 years of national park management and stewardship experience. Our members include former

Conservation Groups File Amicus Brief to Stop Massive Data Center Planned on Manassas Battlefield

LEADING CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS PUNCH BACK AGAINST WORLD’S LARGEST DATA CENTER COMPLEX, FILE AMICUS BRIEF Groups say the Prince William Digital Gateway threatens irreparable harm to historic, natural and cultural resources (Manassas, Virginia) — Today, six leading national and regional conservation organizations, collectively representing more than one million members and supporters, spoke out for America’s battlefields

NPT: 5th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks | A Rundown National Park Service

5th Annual Threatened And Endangered Parks A Rundown National Park Service The long-held notion that working in the National Park Service was a promising, even noble, career has been shaken to its core in less than one year. That promise under the Trump administration has been thrown into question, raising uncertainty over the durability of

National Park Leaders Urge EPA to Reject Rollbacks to Clean Water Act Protections

December 29, 2025 Comment re: Updated Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2025- 0322 We are writing on behalf of more than 4,700 members of the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks (Coalition), who collectively represent more than 50,000 years of national park management and stewardship experience. The Coalition studies, educates,