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Another Close Call for Heritage Areas

Just when you think things cannot get any more dire for the National Heritage Areas,Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) proposed an amendment to the recent budget continuing resolution to strip away half of the funding for the program ($8.1 Million). Learn more about what happened.

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Revisiting Leopold: Resource Stewardship on a Landscape Scale

The NPS has recently issued an update of sorts to the influential Leopold Report, among the first documents to advocate for an ecosystem approach to natural resource management in protected areas. What’s good about the new “Revisiting Leopold” document and what needs a bit more work.

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Another Close Call for Heritage Areas

Just when you think things cannot get any more dire for the National Heritage Areas,Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) proposed an amendment to the recent budget continuing resolution to strip away half of the funding for the program ($8.1 Million). Learn more about what happened.

Read More »

Revisiting Leopold: Resource Stewardship on a Landscape Scale

The NPS has recently issued an update of sorts to the influential Leopold Report, among the first documents to advocate for an ecosystem approach to natural resource management in protected areas. What’s good about the new “Revisiting Leopold” document and what needs a bit more work.

Read More »