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Latest top headlines • 4 February 2026
Under orders, USNPS has pulled brochures at Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home NMon in order to remove a reference to Medgar Evers' assassin — a KKK member — as being a racist. The revised brochure has not been issued yet. https://buff.ly/n9rsNP6
In other censorship news, signage at Little Bighorn Battlefield NMon referring "describing broken promises to Native American tribes and references to the loss of Indigenous culture and language under boarding school systems,” according to a local Montana outlet, KTVQ. https://buff.ly/33LyTLp
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) spoke out about the administration's erasure of history in a House floor speech. You can watch the speech on this recording from C-Span. https://buff.ly/ssEfCHo
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
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