BBC

Week-long fire at Namibia's Etosha National Park contained

A fire that ravaged a third of a Namibia's Etosha National Park is "now contained", according to the country's environment minister, Indeleni Daniel. The blaze at the wildlife reserve, one of southern ...
The White House

National Security

President Trump secured a historic agreement for NATO members to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP – a foreign policy feat long thought impossible. Under President Trump’s strong and decisive ...
The Durango Herald

Fundraising groups step up to help reopen national park sites and welcome visitors

DENVER (AP) — When the government shut down in 2018, a Mississippi nonprofit interceded to fund a bare-bones crew to keep one of the state’s most-visited cultural attractions operating. Now, the group ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'Complex' brief of evidence after group charged with stealing crocodile eggs from Kakadu National Park

Two men involved in a fatal chopper accident from 2022 have been charged over stealing crocodile eggs from Kakadu National Park. The charges, laid by the Australian Federal Police, relate to alleged ...
BBC

Week-long fire at Namibia's Etosha National Park contained

Watch: Wildfires scorch vast swathes of Namibia's Etosha National Park A fire that ravaged a third of a Namibia's Etosha National Park is "now contained", according to the country's environment ...
Cleveland.com

Prescribed fires planned for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Four locations within Cuyahoga Valley National Park will be subject to prescribed burns over the next several months in order to improve the natural habitat and protect its neighbors ...
Task & Purpose

Pentagon federalizes 200 Oregon National Guardsmen and orders them to Portland

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered 200 Oregon National Guardsmen to be placed under federal command for operations in the state. The seizure of the troops came two days after President Donald ...
CBC.ca

Namibia's Etosha National Park, home to critically endangered black rhino, engulfed in huge fire

Namibia has sent more than 500 soldiers to help battle a huge wildfire that has burned across 30 per cent of the country's best-known national park. The office of President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said ...
The New York Times

Wildfire Rips Through One of Africa’s Largest National Parks

More than a third of Etosha National Park in Namibia has burned, threatening the rich biodiversity in a popular tourist attraction. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg Hundreds of Namibian ...
npca.org

Parks Group Calls for National Parks to Close if Government Shuts Down, Warns Additional Mass Terminations Will Devastate Parks

Washington, DC – With a government funding deadline just hours away, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) is urging the National Park Service to close parks if the federal government ...
The Straits Times

Chinese tourist dies after hiking group gets stranded in extreme weather in Tasmanian national park

A Chinese tourist died in Tasmania, Australia, after her hiking group became stranded in a national park on Sept 26. The four Chinese nationals were hiking in Cradle Mountain National Park when a ...