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Now a national monument, Bronzeville church where Emmett Till’s casket lay open gets official sign

Roberts Temple Church, at 40th and State streets, will preserve the site where Till’s body was displayed in an open casket and launched the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kayaking among whales and bears in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park

GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, Alaska – A giant, hollow breath, deep as a crevasse, breaks the predawn quiet.

Tribune News Service

National Park Service proposes ban on 'controversial' hunting and trapping methods in Alaska's federal preserves

The National Park Service wants to reinstate bans on what it describes as "controversial" hunting and trapping activities on Alaska's federal preserves, including luring bears with bait, shooting swimming caribou or killing wolf pups in their dens.

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Cuban influx forces U.S. Park Service to close Florida islands

The U.S. National Park Service closed Dry Tortugas National Park off the Florida Keys for several days starting on Monday after 300 immigrants had arrived on the islands in recent days, overwhelming first responders.

Reuters

Yosemite planned to destroy homes in El Portal long before telling owners, records show

FRESNO, Calif. — Sheets of paper that read, “This property is not abandoned,” were taped in windows and on the sides of the mobile home that Lynn Harbin owned for the past 34 years near Yosemite National Park.

Tribune News Service

The National Park Service just turned 106. Here are Kentucky sites where you can celebrate

LEXINGTON, Ky. — This month marks the 106th birthday of the National Park Service, and it’s inviting park visitors across the country to join in the celebration by submitting their favorite photos, videos and other creations capturing America’s wonderful wilderness.

Tribune News Service

Federal court denies Noem's Mount Rushmore fireworks appeal

A federal appeals court has dismissed an appeal from South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in her legal fight to hold a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore to celebrate Independence Day last year

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Face it, Yosemite lovers — sprinklers can’t save the Mariposa Grove forever

Californians are shutting off their irrigation systems to reduce water consumption amid a devastating, climate-driven drought. In Yosemite National Park, sprinklers were turned on in hopes of slowing the climate-driven Washburn fire from threatening the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias.

Los Angeles Times

Wildfire threatens Yosemite’s giant sequoias - the world’s largest trees

The growing wildfire in California threatens some of the tallest grove of giant sequoia trees in the Yosemite National Park.

Evening Standard

Big spending boost may be too little for national parks’ needs

WASHINGTON — Even as the House Appropriations Committee is proposing to offer a multimillion-dollar boost for national parks and federal land, the recent catastrophic flooding at Yellowstone National Park shows the increase may not be enough.

Tribune News Service

Big spending boost may be too little for national parks' needs - Roll Call

Additional spending proposed by House appropriators may be inadequate to protect national parks from the ravages of climate change.

Roll Call

South Dakota's Noem applies for 2023 Rushmore fireworks

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has applied for a permit to hold a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore to celebrate Independence Day 2023

The Independent UK

The National Park Service expands its African-American history sites

The National Park Service is trying to include more Black history into the story of America. Some of the proposed sites are painful, others are controversial.

WEKU

New historic site stirs memories of America’s darker instincts - Roll Call

The former Amache internment camp in Colorado was recently named a national historic site. Thousands were held there during World War II.

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Oldest U.S. active park ranger retires at 100

The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100

The Independent UK

US looks to boost cooperation with tribes on land management

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams says he and other federal officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands

Los Angeles Times

National parks can use local conditions to set COVID-19 mask rules, officials say

In an effort to align with new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Park Service has updated its COVID-19 mask rules to allow for variations based on local conditions.

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