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Latest top headlines • 13 November 2026
NPCA is coming out against a new DOI proposed rule that would allow hunting in Castle Mountains and Craters of the Moon NMons, calling the move illegal. https://buff.ly/SPsgzP4
Portugal took a big step toward meeting its 30x30 target by creating a 173,000-sq-km MPA around a seamount between Madeira and the mainland. https://buff.ly/VBIBUvu
Leaders of the world's biggest countries are largely absent from this year's UN climate conference, but those who are there — especially ones from countries most vulnerable — are demanding a much better response. https://buff.ly/RNZI5Fj
Glacier NP (US) has confirmed its first case of the bat-killing disease white-nose syndrome. https://buff.ly/pfWjIIH
The Supreme Court has greenlighted Trump's plans to build a border wall in the Big Bend region of Texas, including Big Bend NP. https://buff.ly/57dYn5u
A conservation NGO has bought Jimmy Carter's family farm in Georgia with plans to eventually open it to the public. https://buff.ly/AmeLuyR
A round of heavy rainstorms has toppled a culturally significant rock formation in New Mexico's Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness. https://buff.ly/axsnQmi
Trump is considering a big reorganization of USNPS and USFWS. https://buff.ly/Y2sIAHD
The population of Devils Hole pupfish in Death Valley NP, though still very small, doubled over last year's count. https://buff.ly/SinqjYz
Contractors bulldozing for Trump's border wall insider Organ Pipe Cactus NMon unearthed the remains of Native Americans, it was revealed this week. https://buff.ly/jgFI74m
After a Trump-dominated panel gave final approval to his arch project, a federal judge acted quickly to halt the beginning of construction. https://buff.ly/Mp2LNLM
On Thursday Trump used the Antiquities Act to declare the White House's Oval Office and adjacent Cabinet Room as Oval Office NMon, apparently to freeze their current configuration, including changes he has made, in place. (He did not extend the same concern to the East Wing, which he tore down and is rebuilding as a ballroom.) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/politics/trump-oval-office-national-monument.html
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