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USGS chief scientist reassigned by Trump administration (opens the original)
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David Applegate, the chief scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey, has been reassigned to a new role at the Interior Department, according to internal emails viewed by POLITICO. A career scientist with nearly 23 years at the survey, who was also serving as acting associate director of the Natural Hazards Mission Area, Applegate told colleagues in a recent email that he had the choice to accept the reassignment or leave federal employment. “Such transfers come with the territory of being in a S
National parks group urges Congress to fix hiring gridlock (opens the original)
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A group of current and former employees of the National Park Service are urging Congress to act amid broader concerns about staffing at parks. In an open letter to lawmakers Wednesday, the Resistance Rangers said new rules from the Trump administration have created gridlock for hiring despite many parks facing staffing shortages. “National Park Service hiring isn’t frozen anymore, but it might as well be,” the group wrote. “Approvals now move so slowly, it’s like hiring is stuck in tar.” The Int
Judge rejects Alaska land swap that would allow road through wildlife refuge (opens the original)
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A federal judge in Alaska this week struck down the Trump administration’s decision to green-light a land exchange that had paved the way for a 10.5-mile road to be blazed through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. Judge Sharon Gleason, an Obama appointee for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, said in a Monday decision the administration committed several unlawful errors in its land-swap approval last year. The deal was prompted by a decades-long push from locals in the remot
Pirro files felony charges over bubbles and graffiti at WWII memorial (opens the original)
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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office filed felony charges Friday against a woman accused of filling the World War II Memorial fountain with bubbles and spray-painting a nearby stone balcony. “Clean hands dirty $,” was painted on the balcony, according to a criminal complaint, which contained photos of a woman spraying the graffiti and foam bubbling in the fountain. Pirro identified the woman as Melissa L. Farris in a post on the social platform X on Friday morning. “Vandalizing our World War II
Journalists urge NPS to ditch ban on reporting deaths in national parks (opens the original)
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A coalition of journalism organizations are pushing Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to reverse guidance restricting national park employees from divulging information about deaths and serious injuries on public lands. In a Wednesday letter, the Society of Professional Journalists and 11 other groups said the policy “stifles the free flow of information” and can leave the public in the dark about dangerous conditions in parks. “Depriving the public of information about deaths in national parks doe
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