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Latest top headlines • 27 October 2026
Several groups have filed friend of the court briefs in a suit trying to stop Trump's DC arch project. https://buff.ly/HeuWGqC
Two groups are suing USNPS to stop a plan to lease a 150-acre property within Virgin Islands NP to a developer. https://buff.ly/cVWOs0N
An analysis published in The Revelator asks whether China's huge push for a NP system is riding on the backs of communities with no say in the matter. https://buff.ly/yXmxPqY
Delegates at the global biodiversity congress are struggling to find ways to get to 30x30. https://buff.ly/d1tHg7I
Environmentalists want Mexico to stop building a road through Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve and repair the damage already done. https://buff.ly/tDck88c
IUCN added to its Green List of well-managed PAs at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Armenia. https://buff.ly/baVfRHS
Nearly all the world's coral reefs in shallow waters are now critically endangered, according to a newly published IUCN Red List. https://buff.ly/5htRgL6
Chiricahua NMon became Chiricahua NP after Trump signed a bill to make the change. https://buff.ly/XcsLJPE
The world is on pace to warm by 2.8C this century, a new UN report says — far in excess of the 1.5C goal. https://buff.ly/mzgz5eJ
Two new Indigenous-led MPAs have been created in California. https://buff.ly/sWjcAPe
A judge has extended a restraining order blocking the building of a controversial road in North Cascades NP. https://buff.ly/hv9xVDo
Trump is reviving a practice that allows hunters to bait bears on sone Alaska parklands using products such as bacon grease and doughnuts. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/climate/bear-baiting-hunting-alaska.html
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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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