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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…

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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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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 Guardian - US

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

The Independent UK

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.

Reason

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 Independent UK

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

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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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‘So shameful’: backlash as US national monuments conform to Trump’s rewrite of history

From Pennsylvania to Montana, the White House’s war on ‘woke’ has targeted US monuments that address topics like racism and Indigenous history

Axios

As Trump-era cuts hollow out preservation, Black philanthropists step in to save history

Black donors step up as history funding disappears.

The Independent UK

Trump now wants his triumphal arch to be 250ft tall, dwarfing other Washington, DC monuments

President said in December he hoped to start building within two months at Memorial Circle

The Independent UK

More signs about climate change and Native Americans are disappearing from National Parks at Trump’s order

‘We’re taking out all those sort of not-so-nice stories that have occurred in our nation’s history,’ one former park official said

The Guardian - US

Philadelphia sues US government for removal of slavery-related exhibit

Display at President’s House site, residence to George Washington, had information on people enslaved by him

The Independent UK

Philly officials suing after Parks Service removes slavery exhibit ‘presumably’ at the behest of Trump

Pennsylvania city files lawsuit seeking temporary injunction after information boards explaining the lives of George Washington’s slaves abruptly taken down without explanation

The Independent UK

Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park

The National Park Service has removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park

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