Tag: National Parks

Beltway Confidential

Rose Garden restoration reveals anti-Trump resistance even more deranged than it seems

Becket Adams · August 23, 2020 9:52 pm

Los Angeles Times: Camping has a ‘complicated’ racial past and cost of equipment is a ‘barrier’ to minorities

Andrew Mark Miller · August 11, 2020 4:38 pm

President Donald Trump stands at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday.

White House asked South Dakota governor about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore: Report

Anthony Leonardi · August 9, 2020 7:28 pm

It’s time to fix our broken oil and gas leasing system

Energy and Environment

It’s time to fix our broken oil and gas leasing system

Washington Examiner · August 8, 2020 1:37 pm

The Great American Outdoors Act is a Band-Aid on a bullet wound

Rep. Bruce Westerman · August 4, 2020 2:44 pm

February fog covers the El Capitan landmark in Yosemite National Park, Calif.

Washington Secrets

As Democrats decried national park openings, one pushed to front of Yosemite’s line

Paul Bedard · August 3, 2020 6:48 pm

House announces July vote on major bipartisan lands bill

Susan Ferrechio · June 23, 2020 10:04 am

The conservation bill is a boon for Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, a lead sponsor who is aiming to boost his environmental record in a purple state.

Energy and Environment

Senate approves bipartisan conservation bill in lift for vulnerable Republicans

Josh Siegel · June 17, 2020 4:23 pm

FILE - This Oct. 2, 2013, file photo, shows a view seen on the way to Glacier Point trail in the Yosemite National Park, Calif. Sexual harassment, bullying and other misconduct is rampant among employees at national parks across the country, including at iconic sites such as Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, a congressional committee was told Sept. 22, 2016. At Yosemite, at least 18 employees have come forward with allegations of harassment or other misconduct so severe that a recent report labeled working conditions at the park "toxic."

Conservation bill to bring rare bipartisanship to Senate floor next week

Susan Ferrechio · June 6, 2020 4:00 am

‘Downplays the risks of visiting a crowded park’: National Parks Conservation Association official upset by Karen Pence visit

Madison Dibble · May 20, 2020 3:28 pm

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke speaks after an order withdrawing federal protections for countless waterways and wetland was signed, at EPA headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.

Energy and Environment

Zinke says Biden’s plan to ban fossil fuel drilling on federal lands is ‘nuts’

Abby Smith · May 18, 2020 4:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Trump to attend July 3 fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore

Dominick Mastrangelo · May 5, 2020 5:45 pm