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Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and President Donald Trump ordered relief from an Obama-era regulation that harmed the guides and outfitters who provide seasonal tours on the nation’s waterways.

The “March for Our Lives” in D.C. planned by students from the Florida High School where 17 people died after a mentally ill former student opened fire on campus will have to pick another venue because the National Mall is already booked.

The liberal media, including the Washington Post and National Public Radio, reported on a “mass resignation” of nine of the 12 members of the National Park Service advisory board. They reportedly resigned because Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who oversees that agency, would not meet with them and opposed their positions on climate change and other environmental issues.

President Trump signed a bill aboard Air Force One Monday upgrading the birthplace of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to a national historic park.

The National Park Service plans Grand Canyon bison round ups and needs people who are good with guns to kill the animals and thin the herd.

A report indicates the Trump administration is pushing for a rule change to allow hunting and fishing within national park boundaries.

The Trump administration nixed former President Barack Obama’s ban on selling plastic bottles at all national parks, according to the Department of the Interior.

SHARPSBURG, Maryland — Donald Trump’s first-quarter salary donation will help fund the restoration of two projects at Antietam National Battlefield, Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Wednesday. Zinke, who spoke with Breitbart News about the importance of preserving America’s history, also announced $7.2 million in additional grants to help identify, preserve, and protect America’s historic battlefields.

WASHINGTON – Authorities charged with keeping revelers safe at some of the most prominent Independence Day celebrations revealed that, while there are no credible threats this year, security remains a major concern and people should expect a heavy law enforcement presence along with security checkpoints.

The National Park Service announced on Friday that the reflecting pool in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial will be drained and cleaned following the death of about 80 duckling from a parasite that grows on snails.

Donald Trump has pledged to end the federal acquisition of land, which rose by record levels under Barack Obama, and instead invest in preserving its current holdings as part of a series of interior reforms in the Trump White House’s first budget proposals.

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs quietly moved to ban confederate flags from flying on free-standing flagpoles at its national cemeteries after a House vote earlier this year to restrict the confederate flag in national cemeteries.

Thousands of Americans had long planned trips to Yosemite National Park for Father’s Day weekend — but the White House is encouraging them to arrive before 8 a.m. to avoid conflicting with President Barack Obama’s weekend visit to the park.

The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is installing new signs this week to remind people that the world famous span is a no-drone zone.

On Friday, President Obama named three new national monuments: the 704,000-acre Basin and Range National Monument north of Las Vegas, the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, a 100-mile stretch of land reaching across roughly 100 miles of northern California, and Waco Mammoth National Monument in Texas, according to the San Jose Mercury News.

As Confederate ban-mania continues across the country, the U.S. Park Service has now announced that it intends to stop the sale of “stand-alone” Confederate flag related items at the nation’s parks, including civil war battlefields where the Confederate army actually fought.

Either the National Park Service is lazy, understaffed, or the number of people who visit the National Mall has increased exponentially, because the Mall’s trash bins are overflowing with garbage.

The National Park Service plans to use specially trained border collies to herd geese into designated areas. That should might it easier to clean up their droppings.