Firearms Now Allowed in Parks; Rules Eased in Refuges

03/03/2010 – Educating your audience about the complicated new law will be a useful public service. It will also familiarize you with the people involved at your local facilities, what steps they are taking, and who you can contact if a shooting incident or other violation occurs.

USGS Minerals Report: A Tale of Economy and Environment

03/03/2010 – Many story leads are tucked away in this 196-page report: recession impacts from drops in extraction and consumption, increases in importation of key materials, insights on stories related to climate change and air pollution, and much more. 

Group Is Releasing Improved Conservation Lands Information

02/17/2010 – The Trust for Public Land's updated online database includes mapping and a finer level of detail, such as information at the county and parcel levels, for some but not all states as yet.

MIT Crowdsources "Landmen" Reports on Oil, Natural Gas Agents

02/03/2010 – Billed as "a resource to support citizens negotiating with big energy," this brand new Center for Future Civic Media service could become a useful tool for energy and environment reporting.

Creek Daylighting: A Stormwater Management Trend

10/28/2009 – Strenuous local battles sometimes erupt over "daylighting" (freeing streams from culverts and paved channels), an increasingly popular method for state, county, and local governments to improve stormwater management and water quality.

Groups Pinpoint Threats to Selected Canadian and US Rivers

10/28/2009 – The widespread perception of water abundance in Canada is a myth, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund-Canada. See details for the 10 selected rivers, most of which cross political boundaries within Canada or between Canada and the United States.

EPA Uses Online Forum To Address TRI Mining Changes

10/21/2009 – EPA seems to be making efforts to use social media to improve public participation in its decisions, says the watchdog group OMB Watch, citing the TRI forum as one example of several.

Disorder at the Borders: Photographers Aim To Document and Protect Borderland Environments

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100s of National Park Sites Threatened by Climate Change

10/14/2009 – A new report identifies 25 park units considered to be most threatened, but the vulnerability principles spill over to hundreds of additional national park units and other types of natural areas that may be of interest to your audience.

Sept. 27 PBS Show To Focus on National Parks

09/16/2009 – There are scads of good stories in parks. Find one near you, and check out Ken Burns' 6-part, 12-hour documentary, along with the scheduled pre-screenings and press events.