Upswing in national park visits good for the country
Jane Beathard
June 29, 2020
Designating (and preserving) our beautiful wild places for the world to enjoy remains the best idea America ever had.
U.S. Department of the Interior
Ohioan Budzik appointed to important federal panel
Jeff Frischkorn
July 5, 2018
Will advise Trump administration on outdoor issues.
Illinois gets $2 million for parks, outdoor rec from offshore oil, gas leases
Ralph Loos
June 11, 2018
How Illinois will use the funds, made up of non-taxpayer dollars from Outer Continental Shelf lease revenues, is unclear. There will be limitations because the funds come through federal matching grants that leverage public and
Interior Department allots more than $250 million for national park infrastructure projects
Staff and News Reports
June 7, 2018
Includes project at Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania and New York’s Statue of Liberty National Monument.
Zinke proposes expanding hunting, fishing at 30 national wildlife refuges
Staff and News Reports
May 22, 2018
More than a third of those refuges are on lands in the Great Lakes region.
Nearly $32 million awarded in boating, tourism grants
Site Staff
July 7, 2017
Michigan leads the way among Great Lakes states with grants totaling more than $1 million.
Idaho governor appeals dismissal of sage grouse lawsuit
Associated Press
April 3, 2017
The legal action was among a number of lawsuits filed in September 2015 after federal officials opted not to list sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act but announced federal land-use restrictions. Environmental groups later
