The Trump administration laid off 1,000 National Park Employees last week, a move rangers say will cause chaos across the country.

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The hiker who was lost for 13 days in the Kosciuszko National Park has revealed the big mistakes he made while bushwalking. 

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The Trump administration laid off 1,000 National Park Employees last week, a move rangers say will cause chaos across the country.

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Yosemite National Park employees who recently were fired by the U.S. government worry cuts will affect the experience of visitors and the welfare of wildlife that thrive in the popular vacation destination located in California’s Sierra Nevada

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The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of fired National Park Service employees and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downsize the agency

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The northern spotted owl is already facing habitat loss and competition with invasive species. Losing the ability to monitor the bird could come with major consequences

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From unexpected city charms in Rabat to the dunes of the Sahara and a festival celebrating nomadic life, our tipsters share their best discoveriesThe calm city of Khenifra is well worth a detour from the main tourist routes of Morocco. It enjoys a lovely location on the banks of the Oum Er-Rbia river and is surrounded by the Atlas mountains, which keep the air fresh, clean and invigorating for strolling around. It’s also just a short bus ride away from the Khenifra national park. I spent two days hiking there enjoying beautiful lakeside walks breathing in the fragrances of the Atlas cedar trees. Don’t miss the source of the Oum Er-Rbia and its gentle waterfall, tumbling down the reddish rocks. Joe Continue reading...

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NFU Scotland has stated its opposition to the proposal in its formal submission to the NatureScot consultation.

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WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: The deer's head was found next to an upside down cross outside St Theresa's Church in Totton, Hampshire, which is home to New Forest National Park.

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Kilauea volcano is shooting lava into the air once again in Hawaii

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The Trump administration has fired about 1,000 newly hired National Park Service employees who maintain and clean parks, educate visitors and perform other functions as part of its broad-based effort to downsize government

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Denise Brownlee and Liz Hitschmann have found themselves working long hours on a campaign to stop plans for a Galloway National Park

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Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer said Lomond Banks is ‘trying to shift the goalposts’ to garner support.

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The proposed Flamingo Land resort was rejected by Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park authority board in December

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Despite government efforts, armed groups control many remote areas. Now researchers are caught in the crosshairsRaul*, a biologist from Quito, has been leading conservation projects in the Chocó rainforest in north-east Ecuador for more than 20 years. It has not been easy, he says, recalling the threats he has received over the years for reporting illegal hunters and loggers in reserves, but he never considered giving up.Last year, however, tensions in the area escalated after violence soared on the country’s coast. Accounts of almost daily killings in the cities of Esmeraldas and Guayaquil emerged as gangs appeared to fight over territory, while forced recruitment in rural areas increased, as did extortions, known locally as vacunas, or vaccines. Continue reading...

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