# national monument (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 12 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover national monument. Page: Feed: --- ## [Trump attacks Roadless Rule, again](https://www.landdesk.org/p/trump-attacks-roadless-rule-again) _2026-08-21 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Plus: Hoback Report on the Traffic Apocalypse ## [Cutting Through Disinformation Around The Roadless Rule Rescission](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/cutting-through-disinformation-around) _2026-08-20 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ The sky isn’t falling, the Forest Service hasn’t been dismantled, and no one is about to bulldoze 44 million acres of untouched forest ## [Finally, A PAC For National Parks](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/finally-a-pac-for-national-parks) _2026-08-19 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ A political solution for a political problem ## [Tim Walz Blocks Boundary Waters Mine](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/tim-walz-blocks-boundary-waters-mine) _2026-08-18 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Minnesota Governor takes executive action to save America’s most popular Wilderness ## [Save the Humpback Chub!](https://www.landdesk.org/p/save-the-humpback-chub) _2026-08-18 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Mining claims filed in shrunken Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante ## [Save the Humpback Chub!](https://www.landdesk.org/p/save-the-humpback-chub) _2026-08-18 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Mining claims filed in shrunken Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante ## [Big Bend National Park Border Road Costing Taxpayers $7.3 Million-a-Mile](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/big-bend-national-park-border-road) _2026-08-17 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Project costs more than half National Park Service budget ## [Glen Canyon Dam hydropower: What's it good for?](https://www.landdesk.org/p/glen-canyon-dam-hydropower-whats) _2026-08-14 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Plus: A deeper look at the West's energy mix ## [The Best Luxury Beds For Working Dogs](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/the-best-luxury-beds-for-working) _2026-08-11 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Comparing the new Yeti Boomer to the Gunner Homestead and Orvis Recovery Zone ## [The Eloy Detention Center: Hell in the Desert](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/the-eloy-detention-center-hell-in-the-desert/) _2026-08-11 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ \[photo from ACLU\] An article in this week’s High Country News highlights the mistreatment of a trans woman in Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center. ICE’s detention centers are designed to mistreat inmates badly enough that they will sign voluntary deportation documents. … Continue reading → ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9EvwS7qxmMbS) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Deadpool Data Dump: The Western water situation is dire](https://www.landdesk.org/p/deadpool-data-dump-the-western-water) _2026-08-11 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ 💀 Deadpool Data Dump 🌊 ## [National Monument Reduction Was An Inside Job](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/national-monument-reduction-was-an) _2026-08-10 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Who benefited when Trump slashed the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments? The American CEO of a Canadian mining conglomerate is accused of insider trading ## [Week 114: Big Art News and Big Trees!](https://lisaspangler.substack.com/p/week-114-big-art-news-and-big-trees) _2026-08-09 · Lisa Spangler · Lisa Spangler_ Art Toolkit collaboration, Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference, and more! ## [Chimney Rock](https://georgeshurr.substack.com/p/chimney-rock) _2026-08-09 · George Shurr · Rooted--Land at the Edge of the Sky_ A New National Monument ## [Dispatch #54 - 362,547 Steps Across New York City](https://forgottenlands.substack.com/p/dispatch-54-362547-steps-across-new) _2026-08-09 · Josh Jackson · Forgotten Lands Project_ Notes and nostalgia from the Big Apple. From hitchhiking to engagements to anniversaries. ## [The energy transition persists, in spite of Trump](https://www.landdesk.org/p/the-energy-transition-persists-in) _2026-08-07 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Solar is gaining ground on Western states' grids ## [Who’s Responsible For Wildfire?](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/whos-responsible-for-wildfire) _2026-08-05 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ It’s time to stop thinking of wildfire only in terms of ignition source ## [Weeks 110-113: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Artist Residency, Part 3](https://lisaspangler.substack.com/p/weeks-110-113-cascade-siskiyou-national) _2026-08-04 · Lisa Spangler · Lisa Spangler_ Catching up on a whole month of adventures! ## [Feds release Colorado River plan, and no one's very happy about it](https://www.landdesk.org/p/feds-release-colorado-river-plan-5e1) _2026-08-04 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ 🐟 Colorado River Chronicles 💧 ## [The Most Effective Supplement I’ve Given My Aging Dog? Psyllium Husk](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/the-most-effective-supplement-ive) _2026-08-03 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Fiber supports digestion, manages both diarrhea and constipation, and it’s insanely cheap ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xvJdm3ayObC5) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Flash Flood Alert](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/flash-flood-alert) _2026-08-01 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Feds Spill New Colorado River Plans Amid Constant Barrage of Bad Environmental News ## [The Land Desk ch-ch-changes ...](https://www.landdesk.org/p/the-land-desk-ch-ch-changes) _2026-07-31 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Plus: More wacky weather! And visualizing water inequality from space ## [On energy binges, data centers, and old projects on new national monuments](https://www.landdesk.org/p/on-energy-binges-data-centers-and) _2026-07-28 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Plus: Deadline tomorrow to weigh in on Chaco Canyon Cultural Protection Zone ## [No One Can Ever Just Be Normal About Grizzly Bears](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/no-one-can-ever-just-be-normal-about) _2026-07-27 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… ## [Chaco Culture National Historical Park](https://georgeshurr.substack.com/p/chaco-culture-national-historical) _2026-07-26 · George Shurr · Rooted--Land at the Edge of the Sky_ This is what we came to see ## [The Big Data Center Buildup comes for ... public lands?](https://www.landdesk.org/p/the-big-data-center-buildup-comes) _2026-07-24 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ 🤖 Data Center Watch 👾 🌵 Public Lands 🌲 ## [Weeks 108-109: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Artist Residency, Part 2](https://lisaspangler.substack.com/p/weeks-108-109-cascade-siskiyou-national) _2026-07-23 · Lisa Spangler · Lisa Spangler_ Painting, sketching, hiking, ORCHIDS -- and more! ## [The Recreation Sites Threatened By Trump's National Monument Shrinkage](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/the-recreation-sites-threatened-by) _2026-07-22 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ All the bikepacking, hiking, climbing, camping, paddling, hunting that could be replaced by extraction ## [Finally, A 3rd Gen Tundra You Can Take Off-Road](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/finally-a-3rd-gen-tundra-you-can) _2026-07-21 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ With its mid-cycle refresh, the 2027 Toyota Tundra addresses the troubled truck’s biggest shortcoming ## [Trump looks to gut a key historic preservation law](https://www.landdesk.org/p/trump-looks-to-gut-a-key-historic) _2026-07-21 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ A weakened Section 106 makes national monuments and the Chaco mineral withdrawal more important than ever ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Kff0rQxqdqMR) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [How Not To Interview A Politician](https://wessiler.substack.com/p/how-not-to-interview-a-politician) _2026-07-20 · Wes Siler · Wes Siler’s Newsletter_ Outside’s interview with BLM Director Steve Pearce is really bad ## [Dispatch #53 - Some Unfiltered and Scattered Notes on My Book’s First Anniversary](https://forgottenlands.substack.com/p/dispatch-53-some-unfiltered-and-scattered) _2026-07-19 · Josh Jackson · Forgotten Lands Project_ The sliding doors moment of my life. Journal entries from 2022. Process. ## [You Can Literally Walk Everywhere](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/you-can-literally-walk-everywhere) _2026-07-17 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Countering lies and attacks on National Monuments (together) one step at a time. ## [Trump's Bears Ears and GSENM shrinkage maps are out, and they are ugly](https://www.landdesk.org/p/trumps-bears-ears-and-gsenm-shrinkage) _2026-07-17 · Jonathan P. Thompson · The Land Desk_ Plus: BLM moves to erase Chaco buffer zone; random real estate room ## [BONUS: National Monument Reductions](https://forgottenlands.substack.com/p/bonus-national-monument-reductions) _2026-07-16 · Josh Jackson · Forgotten Lands Project_ Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante get slashed. The Antiquities Act is in the crosshairs. Plus, Aldo Leopold. ## [Sycophants and Their President](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/sycophants-and-their-president/) _2026-07-14 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ Dutifully, Trump holds up his July 13 directive dismantling two Utah national monuments. Looking like they got exactly what they wanted, Senators Curtis and Lee, Governor Cox and Utah House Speaker Schultz applaud politely, grin variously. In 1996, President Clinton … Continue reading → ## [Harlem World: “Harlem Pride Steps Into History For Sip-In 60th Anniversary”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/harlem-world-harlem-pride-steps-into-history-for-sip-in-60th-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harlem-world-harlem-pride-steps-into-history-for-sip-in-60th-anniversary) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ “Harlem Pride, Inc. is honoring history with a new photo that recreates an iconic moment in LGBTQ, NYC, and American history: the April 21,1966 ‘Sip-In’ at Julius’ bar, in Greenwich Village. “The original image by Village Voice photographer Fred W. McDarrah captures the moment that four gay activists with the Mattachine Society, one of the \[…\] ## [Washington Blad: “Julius’ Bar ‘sip-in’ laid groundwork for Stonewall”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/washington-blad-julius-bar-sip-in-laid-groundwork-for-stonewall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=washington-blad-julius-bar-sip-in-laid-groundwork-for-stonewall) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ “While Stonewall is widely considered the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement in the U.S., a lesser-known protest inside a Greenwich Village bar three years earlier helped lay critical groundwork for what would follow … Today, historians and advocates increasingly recognize the ‘sip-in’ as a key pre-Stonewall milestone. According to the New York City \[…\] ## [AP: “Sites tied to equality movements join list of America’s most endangered historic places”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/ap-sites-tied-to-equality-movements-join-list-of-americas-most-endangered-historic-places/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ap-sites-tied-to-equality-movements-join-list-of-americas-most-endangered-historic-places) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ “The Stonewall National Monument … \[is\] among 11 sites on this year’s annual list of the most endangered historic places in the United States compiled by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “The 2026 list, announced Wednesday, marks America’s 250th anniversary with the foundational principle that everyone is created equal as the theme, said Carol \[…\] ## [The Art Newspaper: “Stonewall Monument Among the US Most Endangered Historic Places”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/the-art-newspaper-stonewall-monument-among-the-us-most-endangered-historic-places/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-art-newspaper-stonewall-monument-among-the-us-most-endangered-historic-places) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ The Art Newspaper covers the announcement of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s “11 Most Endangered historic Places,” which includes Stonewall National Monument. Read the full article, here. ## [New York Daily News: “Stonewall monument listed among ‘most endangered historic places’ amid Trump crackdown”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/new-york-daily-news-stonewall-monument-listed-among-most-endangered-historic-places-amid-trump-crackdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-york-daily-news-stonewall-monument-listed-among-most-endangered-historic-places-amid-trump-crackdown) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ “Even with its Pride flag restored, New York City’s iconic Stonewall National Monument has been put on an endangered list of historic national places. “Not even its designation as the first U.S. national monument — and the only unit of the National Park Service — dedicated to LGBTQ history is enough to spare it from \[…\] ## [ArtForum: “New List Names Eleven Most Endangered Historical Sites in US”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/artforum-new-list-names-eleven-most-endangered-historical-sites-in-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artforum-new-list-names-eleven-most-endangered-historical-sites-in-us) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ “The 11 sites \[include\] the Stonewall National Monument – which is the country’s first LGBTQ National Monument – in New York City …” Read the full article, here. Photo: New York City officials reinstall a Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument following its removal by the US National Parks Service. Photo: Timothy A. Clary / \[…\] ## [The Independent (UK): “America’s most endangered historic places revealed including Stonewall and equality sites”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/the-independent-uk-americas-most-endangered-historic-places-revealed-including-stonewall-and-equality-sites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-independent-uk-americas-most-endangered-historic-places-revealed-including-stonewall-and-equality-sites) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released its annual list of the most endangered historic places in the United States. Read the full article, here. Photo: People attend a ceremony where New York City officials re-raised the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village. Source: AFP/Getty, via The Independent. ## [Hyperallergic: “Stonewall Monument Named Among Most Endangered Sites in the US”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/hyperallergic-stonewall-monument-named-among-most-endangered-sites-in-the-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hyperallergic-stonewall-monument-named-among-most-endangered-sites-in-the-us) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ The Manhattan site’s inclusion on the annual preservation list comes amid Trump’s increasing efforts to control the narrative surrounding LGBTQ+ history. Photo: At the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan, the Trans Pride flag is seen on the “Gay Liberation” sculpture by George Segal. (photo Rhea Nayyar/Hyperallergic) ## [Gay City News: “Julius’ Bar, Randy Wicker reenact 1966 ‘sip-in’ against anti-gay liquor law”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/gay-city-news-julius-bar-randy-wicker-reenact-1966-sip-in-against-anti-gay-liquor-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gay-city-news-julius-bar-randy-wicker-reenact-1966-sip-in-against-anti-gay-liquor-law) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ “A cheer rang out in Julius’ Bar on the evening of Tuesday, April 21, as New York City’s oldest continuously-operating gay bar commemorated the 60th anniversary of what is considered one of, if not the first, documented acts of civil disobedience in the modern movement for LGBTQ rights. “On the same night in 1966 — \[…\] ## [Haaretz: “Eve Adams, a Polish immigrant, died at Auschwitz after being targeted by the NYPD. Now Mayor Mamdani is weighing a request to deem her arrest unjust”](https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/07/13/haaretz-eve-adams-a-polish-immigrant-died-at-auschwitz-after-being-targeted-by-the-nypd-now-mayor-mamdani-is-weighing-a-request-to-deem-her-arrest-unjust/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=haaretz-eve-adams-a-polish-immigrant-died-at-auschwitz-after-being-targeted-by-the-nypd-now-mayor-mamdani-is-weighing-a-request-to-deem-her-arrest-unjust) _2026-07-13 · nicksporter@gmail.com · NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project_ Cross-publication of original reporting by The Forward, available here. Read the article on Haaretz.com. Photos: Exterior of the site of Eve Adams’ former tearoom, 129 MacDougal Street, in (l) 1939 and (r) 2016. ## [Aztec Ruins National Monument](https://georgeshurr.substack.com/p/aztec-ruins-national-monument) _2026-07-12 · George Shurr · Rooted--Land at the Edge of the Sky_ An Unexpected Discovery ## [Hold your elders close](https://wildwords.substack.com/p/hold-your-elders-close) _2026-07-07 · Morgan Sjogren · Wild Words_ Love letter to a burning landscape ## [Dispatch #52 - My Daughter's First Backpacking Trip, Part 2](https://forgottenlands.substack.com/p/dispatch-52-my-daughters-first-backpacking) _2026-07-05 · Josh Jackson · Forgotten Lands Project_ On fatherhood, red flag weather warnings, and making last second decisions with a 5th grader. ## [Music for July 4: Have a Little Hope](https://thegoaliesanxiety.wordpress.com/2026/07/04/music-for-july-4-have-a-little-hope/) _2026-07-05 · Scott Abbott · THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY_ A favorite album by one of my favorite musicians, Bill Frisell. With Don Byron, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet; Guy Klucevsek, Accordion; Kermit Driscoll, Bass; Joey Baron, Drums. Recorded in 1992, the album cover features a 4th of July photo of racing … Continue reading →