Trump used an "urgency" clause to steer money through USNPS toward a favored contractor in some of his favored projects in DC. https://buff.ly/qJl0e8v

The latest readout on Isle Royale NP's moose and wolves shows that wolves are surging and moose are plummeting. https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/04/27/isle-royale-wolves/

Authorities in Nigeria have arrested the leader of an international trafficking ring that deals in pangolins — the world's most-smuggled animal. https://buff.ly/H5h3Fe7

USNPS staffers in parks across the country expect big crowds this summer — but with fewer colleagues to help, they are worried. https://buff.ly/Ccdy5iF

Officials in an Italian NP suspect that eighteen wolves were killed there after they ate poisoned bait. Several other animals also died. An investigation has begun. https://buff.ly/TVoQGiB

Trump intends to renovate the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, using a contractor who builds swimming pools. https://buff.ly/iF2vb4r

The GWS has launched a search tool for The Stewardship Archive, its collection of web materials threatened with erasure or alteration by the Trump administration. https://buff.ly/Y2mF78p

On Earth Day, California announced plans for 3 new SPs, and will enlarge several more. https://buff.ly/DTF99VH

At a hearing Burgum leveled his first public criticism of how USNPS handled the wildfire that devastated parts of the North Rim at Grand Canyon NP. https://buff.ly/9RB3L05
 
In a new twist, a Customs and Border Patrol planning map now once again shows a physical border wall being planned within and adjacent to Big Bend NP. https://buff.ly/vI3Dh4e

House Republicans planned to use today, Earth Day, to pass a package of ESA rollbacks. Their leader suddenly canceled the vote after opposition from within the party's ranks. https://buff.ly/aGIvN9I