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DHS Waives 29 Environmental Laws for Border Barriers Along Big Bend [1]

"Today, under authority of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act and the Real ID Act, the new Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin waived 29 environmental and conservation laws in the Big Bend Sector."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Studies [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mexico [15]
Source: Our Public Lands & Waters [16], 05/18/2026
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"Florida to Close Alligator Alcatraz, News Report Says" [17]

"Florida plans to shut down the Everglades migrant detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz as soon as early June, according to a news report."

Climate Change [3]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Infrastructure [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Military [21]
Natural Resources [22]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Inside Climate News [25], 05/15/2026
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Budd-Falen’s Ex-Clients Wanted Bison Off Public Land. Burgum Intervened. [26]

"In administrative cases before DOI, Interior Secretary Burgum intervened to make policy changes that involved or benefited the former legal clients of Karen Budd-Falen, one of his top deputies."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [2]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Public Domain [30], 05/15/2026
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July 26, 2026 to July 31, 2026

Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting [31]

Press registration is now open for the Ecological Society of America's Annual Meeting, the world’s largest gathering of professional ecologists. The 2026 meeting will run from Sunday through Friday, July 26-31, at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S W Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT.

Professional Meetings [32]
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Environmental Studies [6]
Journalism & Media [33]
Natural Resources [22]
Other or All [34]
People & Population [10]
Science [35]
Wildlife [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [36]
June 1, 2026

DEADLINE: PRAx's Public Lands Collaborative Residency [37]

The Public Lands Collaborative Residency supports creative teams engaged in storytelling projects that have the potential to help re-imagine and shape the future of public lands in the United States. Apply by June 1. 

Workshops and Fellowships [38]
Visibility: 
Public [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Studies [6]
Journalism & Media [33]
Other or All [34]
Science [35]
Wildlife [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
May 15, 2026

DEADLINE: Migration in Changing Climates — A PLAYA + PRAx + Spring Creek Project Fellowship [39]

Eight fellows from a variety of disciplines (including visual art, writing, philosophy, ethics, performing arts, sound and multidisciplinary genres) will each complete a project that engages with the vital topic of migration — of birds, mammals, plants and/or people — across landscapes undergoing rapid change in the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin.

Workshops and Fellowships [38]
Visibility: 
Public [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Studies [6]
Journalism & Media [33]
Wildlife [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]

"Ticks Are Especially Bad Right Now. How To Stay Safe" [40]

"Cycles of high tick activity are coming earlier and staying later, experts previously told USA TODAY, thanks to factors including shorter seasons, warmer winters and even acorns."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: USA TODAY [41], 05/11/2026
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"Ted Turner, A Media Mogul Who Tried To Repair The Land" [42]

"Ted Turner built a media empire, then turned much of his wealth and attention toward land, wildlife, clean energy, and conservation. His vast private landholdings became working examples of restoration, from bison herds and native trout to longleaf pines and red-cockaded woodpeckers."

Activism [43]
Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Forests [44]
Journalism & Media [33]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [45]
Source: Mongabay [46], 05/08/2026
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Alaska Agents Can Kill Bears From Helicopters To Protect Caribou: Judge [47]

"Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing black and brown bears — including from helicopters — as part of a plan to help recover a caribou herd that was once an important source of food for Alaska Native hunters, a judge ruled Wednesday."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [48]
Source: AP [49], 05/07/2026
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"Trump Admin Opens Door to Resumed ‘Cyanide Bomb’ Use on BLM Land" [50]

"The Trump administration has quietly opened the door to the resumed use of so-called “cyanide bombs” on Bureau of Land Management parcels across the country, according to an internal April 2026 memo."

Agriculture [27]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [51]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [29]
Laws & Regulations [9]
People & Population [10]
Wildlife [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Public Domain [52], 05/07/2026
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