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Latest top headlines • 20 March 2026
In a welcome development, monarch butterfly numbers in their Mexican wintering grounds are up — a hopeful sign of stabilization after years of declines. https://buff.ly/rus38zo
A coalition of groups that is suing the Trump administration over its NP censorship campaign has requested a preliminary injunction to stop it and reverse all actions taken. https://buff.ly/KekJkOT
SFGate, a news outlet that frequently reports on USNPS issues, says it has been blacklisted by DOI for its negative reporting on Trump actions. https://buff.ly/9dEVRgP
A new survey finds that morale in USNPS, and across US federal agencies in general, is nose-diving under Trump. https://buff.ly/lSng4Xt
A leaked DOI memo pressures departmental employees to report so-called "DEI violations" — even actions taken under the Biden Administration when DEI was supported and encouraged. https://buff.ly/AO1EPFe
Four decades after being wiped out by poachers, rhinos are being reintroduced into Uganda's Kidepo NP. https://buff.ly/Ob2PV8Y
New discoveries at a Chilean archaeological site are reviving credence in the theory that the Americas were first populated from Beringia southward. https://buff.ly/rJyUzvf
The newly published evidence that César Chávez engaged in decades of sexual abuse has thrown into question the many monuments and sites that recognize his civil rights legacy — up to and including the César E. Chávez NMon. https://buff.ly/Lrdr5oz
A lawsuit has been filed to stop Burgum from convening the ESA's so-called God Squad, a panel that has the power to override the Act's protections. https://buff.ly/CQ32i8k
California is planning to expand the size of several SPs. https://buff.ly/61GHAOm
Brazil has created a very large MPA, Albardão marine park, off its southern coast. The new PA is rich in biodiversity. https://buff.ly/97rcC6H
Crews are blasting through obstacles inside Coronado NMem as they create a straight-line build of Trump's 30-foot-high border wall. https://buff.ly/6stmSqu
Avian flu is strongly suspected in the recent deaths of seabirds at Point Reyes NS. https://buff.ly/GOyS5gE
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