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Dozens of North Carolina houses have been lost to the sea. Some surviving homes are now being moved on wheels

Pace of sea-level rise has turned Outer Banks coastal area into a ‘canary in the coalmine’ for other east coast communities

The Guardian - US

National Park Service nomination withdrawn by Trump administration

The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of hospitality executive Scott Socha to lead the National Park Service. Socha, the president of parks and resorts for Delaware North, was nominated to the role of NPS director in February. His nomination was formally withdrawn Monday. The White House did not respond…

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White House withdraws hospitality executive as nominee to lead the National Park Service

President Donald Trump is withdrawing his nomination of a hospitality company executive to lead the National Park Service

The Independent UK

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Trump rants over claims his administration gave secret no-bid contract to his favorite building company at inflated price

The contract was to fix a pair of decades-old fountains in Lafayette Park, located across from the White House

The Independent UK

Alcatraz Island suddenly shuts for tourists weeks after Trump demands $150M to reopen it as infamous prison

California Governor Gavin Newsom previously said that President Trump’s plans resembled the ‘substance’ surrounding Alcatraz: ‘fog’

The Independent UK

With His Grandiose White House Ballroom Plan, Trump Again Asserts the Power To Do As He Pleases

"No statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have," U.S. District Judge Richard Leon concluded when he enjoined the project.

Reason

'I Am Blowing Up Everything'

Plus: There is no exit strategy in Iran, Artemis II approaches the Moon, federal taxpayers get to beautify D.C., and more...

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Trump wants $10B to fund construction and beautification projects in and around Washington DC

The Presidential Capital Stewardship Program would be overseen by the National Park Service and would coordinate renovations of parts of the U.S. capital

The Independent UK

Orphaned injured baby mountain lion rescued and will be raised at California zoo

The three-week-old male cub, named Crimson, was rescued in Southern California last week after his mother abandoned him

The Independent UK

A 3,000-year-old weapon was found in New Mexico, but it looks like future technology

The discovery of an Ancestral Puebloan chamber dating back to the eighth century in the barren sandstone passageways of a New Mexico canyon has thrown archaeologists completely off their conventional timelines. According to the National Park Service, the site was sealed in a block of solid, non-terrestrial isotopic composite and…

The Times of India

Cherry blossoms in Washington DC have hit peak bloom but it won’t last long

Visitors are contending with a somewhat restricted blossom appreciation area at the Tidal Basin

The Independent UK

The outdoor recreation economy is worth $1.3 trillion. Trump's cuts to National Parks could change that

It could be an ‘existential’ threat to the small businesses that rely on them.

Fortune

Terrifying hazard hiding in plain sight at popular park finally gets attention

It’s important to look out for these signs

The Mary Sue

National Parks issues dire warning over a new hazard just as families start to visit for spring break

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area sits between Arizona and Utah

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The Guardian - US

Death Valley bursts into superbloom for first time in a decade

Travelers are flocking to the famously arid desert covered in a blanket of pink, purple and yellow wildflowers

The Independent UK

Once-in-a-decade phenomenon sees flowers bloom in driest place in North America

Tourist flock to the scene

The Independent UK

Cape Cod officials have spent $1 million to rebuild a small staircase to the beach

Coastal erosion has forced officials to repair the wooden stairway several times in recent years

The Independent UK

Man dies after being rescued from off-limits area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Search and rescue teams located the individual after searching through the night in late February

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D.C.'s Statue of a Confederate General Isn't What Its Critics Think It Is

Brigadier General Albert Pike is honored for his civic and philanthropic legacy, not his role in the Civil War.

The Independent UK

Alaska to replace Black Veterans Memorial Bridge, saving part as tribute to Alaska Highway builders

A historic bridge in Alaska named for segregated Black soldiers who battled extreme weather and terrain to help build the first road link between Alaska and Canada needs to replaced

The Guardian - US

US judge orders Trump administration to restore Philadelphia slavery exhibit

In ruling, judge cited quote from Orwell’s novel 1984 describing process by which authoritarians rewrite history

The Independent UK

House renames press gallery after Frederick Douglass in bipartisan recognition of Black history

The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass

The Independent UK

Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that has extensive contracts with the agency he would lead

The Conversation

Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit

On the evening of May 21, 1796, Ona Judge made the daring decision to free herself.

The Guardian - US

Trump administration removes LGBTQ+ Pride flag from Stonewall national monument

The move in New York follows an interior department memo restricting non-agency flags at national parks

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