National Park Service

Public Lands Primer

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Not all public lands are created equal. That is especially the case out West where almost half the land – 47 percent – is owned by Uncle Sam. Text by Ken Mirr Four or five years ago, I listed a…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Ken Mirr, Mirr Ranch Group, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Yellowstone National Park
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Public Land, Recreation, Water

SOLD! Dartmouth College Sells Scenic Farm for $1.84 Million

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The Ivy League institution sold New Hampshire’s Hudson Farm to The Trust for Public Land, which immediately deeded the 175-acre tract to the National Park Service as an addition to the Appalachian Trail. A mixture of forest, fields, and wetlands,…

Tagged with: Dartmouth College, Hudson Farm, National Park Service, The Trust for Public Land
Posted in Conservation, Feature, New Hampshire, News Desk, Northeast

Behold An Enchanted Forest

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

A Maine entrepreneur’s extraordinary generosity spurs the creation of a North Woods gem. Burt’s Bees cofounder Roxanne Quimby just put a big X on her bucket list. She gave away 87,654 acres – to the Department of the Interior. The…

Tagged with: Burts Bees, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, National Park Service, Roxanne Quimby
Posted in Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Maine, News Desk, Northeast, Public Land, Recreation

Interior Department to Allow Firearms in Parks and Refuges

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

On Friday the Interior Department ruled that Americans will be able to carry concealed weapons in some federal parks and wildlife refuges. The announcement overturns a decades-old Reagan Administration regulation that required all guns brought into national parks and wildlife…

Tagged with: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, firearms, Interior Department, National Park Service, NPS, U.S. Forest Service, USFS
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics

BLM Makes Push to Buy Western Land

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2007 Under a federal law, the BLM, an arm of the Department of the Interior, has begun buying private properties that carve into federal wildlife refuges, national parks, national forests, and their ilk, making those…

Tagged with: BLM, Coachella Valley, Interior Department, Joe Guinto, Joshua Tree National Park, National Park Service, Taylor Grazing Act, USFS
Posted in Federal Policy, Magazine, News Desk, November 2007, Pacific, Public Land, Regional News, Southwest, Topics, West

ATV Riders Run Into Bump in Road

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

Whether you’re tearing it up in an off-road vehicle or all torn up about their impact on the land, you’ll probably want to know about the tongue-twisting new advocacy group known as Rangers for Responsible Recreation. The group, backed by…