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National Trails System — You Can Get There From Here [1]

A walk in the woods can get you more than a good time — it can get you a good story. TipSheet explores the National Trails System and other trail systems around the United States, which provide scenic and historic high points for your reporting, along with traveler interviews and insights. A dozen story ideas and reporting resources for exploring your area’s natural wonders.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Forests [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
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Mega Manure Digester Project In Wash. State Meets Community Resistance [10]

"A proposal to build a mega-manure digester in a small Washington state community is sparking uproar among citizens who say the project to convert waste from dairy cows into fuel will add to the region’s already significant pollution problems."

Activism [11]
Agriculture [12]
Air [13]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
Source: The New Lede [21], 04/10/2026
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"Warming Waters in the Gulf of Maine May Affect the Future of Lobsters" [22]

"Researchers studying the crustacean’s early life cycles find clues that can help the fishery that depends on them plan for a warmer future."

Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [15]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Food [25]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [26], 04/10/2026
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Emperor Penguins Listed As Endangered Species By IUCN As Warming Melts Ice [27]

"The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced Thursday."

Biodiversity [23]
Climate Change [14]
Environmental Studies [28]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [29]
Public [9]
International [30]
Antarctica & Arctic [31]
Source: AFP [32], 04/10/2026
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Trump EPA Wants To Gut Rules On Coal Plant Ash That Threatens Groundwater [33]

"The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater. Those regulations were strengthened under the Biden administration as part of a wider crackdown on pollution from coal-fired power plants."

Chemicals [34]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [15]
Disasters [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [16]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [38]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [39], 04/10/2026
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Endangered Salmon Returned To Calif. Far North — Then The Money Dried Up [40]

"Newsom promised to help a Native tribe restore sacred salmon to their ancestral river. Now California is ending the funding. The fish made it back to their ancestral waters for the first time in 80 years — so why is California walking away now?"

Biodiversity [23]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Justice [37]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
People & Population [38]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [42]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [9]
California [43]
Source: CalMatters [44], 04/09/2026
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"Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers" [45]

"Dwindling levels in this region’s main reservoirs have triggered a rush on local aquifers as cities, towns, chemical plants and ranchers drill for water."

Agriculture [12]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [15]
Disasters [35]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Politics [17]
People & Population [38]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Source: Inside Climate News [47], 04/09/2026
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"Interior Department Offering Another Round Of Staff Buyouts" [48]

"The Interior Department is offering its staff another round of buyouts and early retirements in an effort to slim down the federal department that’s in charge of the nation’s natural resources."

Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [4]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [6]
People & Population [38]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [29]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: The Hill [50], 04/08/2026
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"A Powerhouse El Niño Event Appears To Be Brewing For 2026-27" [51]

"Triplet tropical cyclones astride the equator could help it develop."

Agriculture [12]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [35]
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [30]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [52], 04/08/2026
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Feds Warn Of Iran-Linked Cyber-Attacks On Critical Infrastructure Across US [53]

"Top government security agencies issued a warning of Iran-affiliated cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure across the US on Tuesday. In a joint statement, the agencies said municipalities, especially in the water and energy sectors, should be on the lookout for unusual activity."

Chemicals [34]
Disasters [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [16]
Government [4]
Infrastructure [49]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Military [54]
Pollution [19]
Technology [55]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [8]
Middle East [56]
Source: Guardian [57], 04/08/2026
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