On Friday, the U.S.听House Committee on Natural Resources鈥 ranking member, Rep.听Raul Grijalva (D-Arizona), and five other Democrats formally introduced a new bill in an effort to bring more funding to national parks,听.听Park funding through the Obama administration鈥檚听National Park Service Centennial Act would be granted in celebration of the National Park听Service鈥檚 (NPS) 100th anniversary next year, .
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The bill would give NPS up to听$1.5 billion听over three years for park repairs听and upgrades.听(The NPS has听$11.5 billion in deferred maintenance projects.)听The money would also be used to increase educational programs听and establish services for visitors, including听lodging and dining, as reported in the听Hill.
According to Environment & Energy Publishing, many expect听the additional federal funding to听be a challenge to sell in听Congress.
In Other News
- On Friday, UK Athletics听听in its recent independent audit. The audit was in response to a doping scandal involving听Nike running coach Alberto Salazar. 鈥淐oaching and support for Mo Farah [Olympic and world champion in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, who was coached by Salazar] will remain the focus of our engagement with the Oregon Project,鈥澨齭aid the statement.
- Residents from American Samoa,听Louisiana,听Minnesota, New Hampshire, and New York 听starting听in 2016. The restriction is part of the Real ID Act, which will require residents of those five states to show another form of听ID, such as a passport, permanent resident card, or U.S. military ID.
- On Thursday, Sandy Hill (previously听Sandy Pittman)听 how she was portrayed in听the new听film Everest.听Pittman听survived the 1996 blizzard on Everest and is depicted in both听the movie听and Jon Krakauer鈥檚 book,听Into Thin听Air,听on which the film is based. 鈥淚 was an easy target,鈥澨齭he told the听New York Post. 鈥淏ack in those days, you could get away with destroying someone鈥檚 life and flogging them with innuendo.鈥澨Everest听premiers on Friday.
- A man in western Colorado was sentenced to six months in jail on Thursday for into the听Uncompahgre National Forest in Telluride, Colorado.
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 17:00 MDT:听An earlier version of this piece stated that a Colorado man was littering in Delta, Colorado. He was littering in听Telluride.