Border Walls, Backroom Deals, and a Park Service Reorg: Three Stories You Need to Know

A federal pause on border wall construction inside Big Bend National Park expires this week, and it's not the only park unit facing new wall construction. A quiet land deal inside Yosemite is drawing bipartisan opposition in Congress — and MLB wants to build a ballpark inside Grand Teton. Leaked Interior Department documents describe a plan to reorganize how all 430 national park units are run. Plus, from the ranger's chair: why reorganizations handed down from Washington rarely deliver what they promise — and two park birthdays you probably didn't know about.