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Latest top headlines • 4 February 2026
The mountain goat population in Glacier NP (US) plunged 45% from 2008-2019, newly published research shows. https://buff.ly/nSujxHS
Several environmental groups are suing USBLM and USFWS after the agencies approved a four-lane highway through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. https://buff.ly/t4sojtz
judge in Philadelphia's lawsuit against the Trump administration ordered USNPS to make no more changes to the President's House site while the suit is pending. https://buff.ly/yRwpjSa
Some conservationists are worried about the coming revocation of a fishing ban around the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, which the UK is handing back to Mauritius. https://buff.ly/xezfu6q
The state of California announced that it has found the money to finish the world's largest wildlife highway crossing, which will provide safe passage for animals across busy Highway 101. https://buff.ly/FjCpooO
USNPS will likely have to relocate a coyote that, remarkably, managed to swim the treacherous currents of San Francisco Bay all the way to Alcatraz Island, part of Golden Gate NRA. https://buff.ly/QahqZTn
Four more houses, all unoccupied, have collapsed into the sea at Cape Hatteras NS. https://buff.ly/Jn7VPiO
If Trump gets his way, a new 250-foot-tall memorial arch would be built on the National Mall — its height overwhelming that of the Lincoln Memorial. https://buff.ly/W6qWn3X
The judge overseeing Philadelphia's lawsuit against the Trump administration over the removal of interpretive panels at Independence NHP said they are intact after inspecting them in a USNPS storage building. She also toured the site where they had been. https://buff.ly/3WYOxzj
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The first-ever biography of our namesake — the visionary who revolutionized management of America‘s national parks
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