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EFFORT TO BAN PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES IN NATIONAL PARKS WOULD END UNDER BUDGET DEAL

From: McClatchy DC

“At the behest of the International Bottled Water Association, Congress is preparing to approve a must-pass budget bill that includes language aimed at restoring…

YELLOWSTONE LOOKS AT IMPROVING CELL SERVICE; SOME CONCERNED WHAT IT WILL MEAN TO PARK EXPERIENCE

From: Bozeman Daily Chronicle

“The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has also raised concerns about the project. In a press release sent out earlier this month,…

COMMENT SOUGHT ON ADDITION OF WIRELESS ANTENNAS IN PARK

From: Cody Enterprise

"Some people believe the Park should be as free of technology as possible. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a national non-profit organization…

WHAT WILL BECOME OF FEDERAL PUBLIC LANDS UNDER TRUMP?

From: The New Yorker

"A recent survey from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility showed that staffers at the Bureau of Land Management, where oil and gas exploration primarily…

YELLOWSTONE PROPOSES UPGRADING CELLULAR COVERAGE

From: Greenwire

"Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has long fought wireless coverage expansion in national parks. Jeff Ruch, the group's executive director, said the…


News Releases

PANHANDLING AND PANDERING IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS

Superintendents as Fundraisers, Corporate Marketing and Naming Rights

PARK PLASTIC BOTTLE BANS WORK BUT REMAIN FEW AND FAR BETWEEN

Number of Parks Ending Bottled Water Sales Has Plateaued as Industry Pushes Back

PARK SERVICE/BUDWEISER CO-BRANDING CAMPAIGN RAISES QUESTIONS

Off-Limit Corporate Partnerships on Table as NPS Waives Alcohol Promotion Ban

YELLOWSTONE STRUGGLES WITH RISING TIDE OF PLASTIC WASTE

New Initiative to Reduce Visitor Plastic Bottle Use to Avoid Need for a Sales Ban

MORE NATIONAL PARKS BAN PLASTIC BOTTLE SALES

Plastic Bottles Are Largest Single Contributor to National Park Solid Waste Load