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Latest top headlines • 5 May 2026
After a two-year hiatus, an Icelandic company will resume hunting whales this year. https://buff.ly/vutBJDu
Conservation groups are suing to reverse stop Trump from allowing commercial fishing in Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine NMon. https://buff.ly/I5yEdiU
Climate-change-driven sea level rise has made Buxton, NC, in the midst of Cape Hatteras NS, the poster child for erosion impacts on housing along the East Coasthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2026/outer-banks-falling-homes-solutions/
Burgum has canceled dozens of hunting and firearms restrictions in various units of the NP System. Some parks have pushed back. https://buff.ly/BAVt7wh
Trump is ending leases that allow bison from American Prairie Preserve, a private PA, to graze on federal grasslands. https://buff.ly/F8AQatp
DOI ended reservation systems at several popular NPs. At Yosemite NP, the overcrowding problems these systems were helping alleviate have come back quickly. https://buff.ly/KNnFpK6
A review of Trump's censorship campaign reveals a picture of centralized DOI control over NPS websites and various levels of intervention from the administration. https://buff.ly/imHA15C
Two House Democrats are weighing in to support a lawsuit seeking to reverse Trump's decision to put his likeness on NP passes. https://buff.ly/Q80TPLP
Even with hefty surcharges, revenue from sales of NP passes to international visitors went up during the first quarter of 2026. But tourism industry experts have some worries. https://buff.ly/AllZ5oF
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