A controversial provision to sell off more than a million acres of public land is blocked in Congress,

but cuts to National Park funding are still moving forward. A massive migrant detention center

is under construction inside a National Preserve, sparking lawsuits and protests. Yellowstone's most

iconic hot spring claims the life of a bison in a tragic and rarely

seen moment, and the National Park Service starts putting up signs asking visitors to report

anything that might be negative about Americans past or present. We've got all of that and more,

including some important safety updates from Rocky Mountain National Park, a major move to cashless payment systems at two more parks,

and Ken Burns' long-awaited American Revolution series premiering this fall.

I'm Jason Epperson, and this is Parkography.

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All right, first up, the U.S. Senate has passed its version of the, quote,

big, beautiful bill, which environmental groups were warning included the sell-off of public lands as one of its provisions.

The bill is a budget bill, which can pass the Senate with a simple

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