‘Recalcitrant’ on Diversity
Green 2.0 Releases ‘Transparency Card’ on NGOs,Rebukes Oceana, Pew for Refusing to Participate The latest breakdown of the racial and ethnic composition of the top 40 non-governmental environmental organizations was delivered by Green 2.0 on Thursday with a rebuke of two leading institutions, Oceana and...
Alliance of the Oppressed
Powerful bloc in defense of monuments The Trump administration is well advised to gauge the political blowback as it contemplates an assault – disguised as a review – on the Antiquities Act, as well as two decades of amplifying diverse and inclusive stories in this...
Next 100 Letter to Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Next 100 Coalition of more than 50 civil rights, environmental justice, conservation, and community organizations on Monday sent a letter to the president expressing concern with the ambiguous guidance and lack of transparency in the Executive Order Review of Designations Under...
Women’s Outdoor Summit
Teresa Baker is a national parks junkie. She is so enamored with the units and mission of the National Park Service, she created the African American National Park Event, an annual June weekend dedicated to getting blacks and other people of color to visit. So...
Next 100 Coalition Urges Review for Missing Monuments
Note: The following is a statement from the Next 100 Coalition, of which The Trail Posse is a member. Washington, D.C. – Today, the President signed an Executive Order directing the administration to review national monuments over 100,000 acres designated after 1996 under the Antiquities...
Sluggish Start for Parks
March of last year was when the national parks started picking up momentum toward another record-smashing year for visitation. But this year is a different story, with the big units showing signs of a centennial hangover. Celebrating its 100th birthday, the National Park Service had...