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"Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk" [1]

"Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Forests [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [11]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 04/07/2026
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"Agriculture Department’s Permitting Rewrite Limits Public Input" [17]

"The Trump administration is speeding up environmental reviews of large infrastructure projects under a final rule set to be published by the US Department of Agriculture Friday."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [2]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Forests [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [20]
Wildlife [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [22], 04/06/2026
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"Trump Budget Attacks Renewables, Boosts ‘Energy Dominance’" [23]

"The White House released its fiscal 2027 budget request Friday morning, unveiling plans to continue waging its longstanding war against renewable energy and climate initiatives while boosting support for artificial intelligence and fossil fuels."

Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [8]
Infrastructure [26]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Military [27]
Pollution [20]
Science [12]
Technology [28]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [29], 04/06/2026
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"Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms" [30]

"In announcing one of the largest reorganizations in the 120-year history of the U.S. Forest Service, the Trump administration declared that there would be “no interruption or change” to the agency’s firefighting force. But critics say the upheaval comes at the worst possible time ... .

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [8]
Government [31]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 04/03/2026
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Marina Silva Steps Down As Brazil Environment Minister To Run For Congress [33]

"Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva, a globally recognized climate leader, said she was stepping down Wednesday from her role in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration to run for Congress later this year."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [11]
Public [14]
South America [34]
Source: AP [35], 04/03/2026
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Trump Plans To Move Forest Service HQ To Utah And Shutter Research Sites [36]

"President Donald Trump’s administration will move the U.S. Forest Service headquarters out of the nation’s capital to Salt Lake City as part of an organizational overhaul that involves shuttering research facilities in 31 states and concentrating resources in the West, the agency announced Tuesday."

Agriculture [18]
Economy & Business [37]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Forests [8]
Government [31]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [38], 04/02/2026
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Medicinal Plants In National Parks of Appalachia Are Facing Several Threats [39]

"Medicinal and aromatic plants in the Appalachian Mountains, which have stood for hundreds of millions of years and contributed to biodiversity across the region, are facing threats from poaching, climate change, and more. The multiple national parks dotting the region are often havens for these plants, though even the protections afforded by the parks cannot prevent all threats."

Biodiversity [2]
Consumer [40]
Environmental Studies [6]
Forests [8]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [11]
Technology [28]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: National Parks Traveler [41], 03/27/2026
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"Questions Mount As Interior’s Wildfire Agency Takes Shape" [42]

"The Trump administration’s new wildfire agency is taking shape at the Interior Department, coalescing around a mission to prioritize swiftly putting out fires on public lands, even as some experts question that strategy."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [8]
Government [31]
People & Population [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [43], 03/26/2026
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"Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows 70 Percent Efficacy, Pfizer Says" [44]

"Four doses of an experimental vaccine to protect against Lyme disease reduced the number of tick-borne infections by more than 70 percent, according to Pfizer and Valneva, the pharmaceutical companies developing the shot." "If approved by regulators, it could become the only Lyme disease vaccine available for people — although it would not be the first."

Consumer [40]
Environmental Health [24]
Forests [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [45], 03/25/2026
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Fire Sleuths Can Spark Story Ideas With Wildland Urban Interface Data Maps [46]

Communities surrounded by forest can be a beautiful place to live … or a wildfire trap. Environmental journalists can readily map and identify these so-called wildland urban interfaces through a federal government resource, writes the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. More on this data mapping tool and how to use it to track your area’s risk, explore historical trends and layer other data.

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