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Latest top headlines • 13 February 2026
Utah's Republican congressional delegation is moving ahead with trying to annul a Biden-era management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante NMon by claiming it is a "rule" within the meaning of the Congressional Review Act. If they succeed, USBLM could not propose a new plan that is "substantially similar." https://buff.ly/dLIHYyy
Under orders from Trump, several USNPS websites with multilingual content have added a statement saying English is the "official language" of the federal government. https://buff.ly/4SMJW80
At a protest on Thursday, New York City re-hoisted a Pride flag at Stonewall NMon that had been ordered taken down by Trump. https://buff.ly/NGLOQ4d
As expected, Trump announced that he would overturn the Endangerment Finding, the legal basis for EPA's regulation of greenhouse gases. Democrats and environmental groups will sue to stop him. https://buff.ly/Uv9gsTk
Trump nominated a concession company official to be director of USNPS. https://buff.ly/nqiFeN8
Trump forced Stonewall NM to take down its Rainbow Pride Flag. Local activists vowed to try to put it back up. https://buff.ly/OnycEJ6
Devices used by the fishing industry to herd tuna are often lost or abandoned at sea. Some are causing problems in Galápagos Marine Reserve in Ecuador. https://buff.ly/3Px58uf
NY Times has a feature story on the challenges facing mountain lions in and around Santa Monica Mountains NRA, and the wildlife crossing that is being built for them over a busy highway. https://buff.ly/DjHcZlk
Trump declared Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine NMon open to commercial fishing. He did the same thing in his first time but Biden reversed it. Lawsuits are incoming. https://buff.ly/W8vkjvG
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