This week’s National Parks & Public Lands News Roundup covers some big and controversial stories: Reports that slavery- and racism-related exhibits are being removed from multiple National Park Service sites following a new Interior Department directive. A proposal to create “Florida Springs National Park” is facing growing opposition. The Interior Department’s plan to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule. The launch of a brand-new U.S. Wildland Fire Service to modernize wildfire response. A major water system failure at Mount Rainier’s Paradise Inn. A tragic fatality at Grand Canyon National Park. Zion National Park reopening its Weeping Rock Trail. And finally… why Yellowstone’s geysers have coughed up more than 300 hats (plus some bizarre bonus items).

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00:00 Introduction and Overview

00:46 Controversial Removal of Slavery Exhibits

03:37 Debate Over Florida Springs National Park

06:36 Changes at the Bureau of Land Management

08:17 New US Wildland Fire Service

09:16 Mount Rainier Water System Failure

10:11 Grand Canyon Incident

10:58 Zion National Park Reopens Weeping Rock Trail

11:44 Yellowstone's Lost and Found

12:59 Conclusion and Farewell