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Stacy Bare is the Executive Director of Friends of Grand Rapids Parks supporting the maintenance and improvement of parks, trees, and trails in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He served in Bosnia and Iraq, worked as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician in Angola and the Republic of Georgia. He is a 2014 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and has represented brands like The North Face, Trew Gear, Pret Helmets, and Faction Skis. He led a team of fellow veterans to the first recorded ascent and descent on skis of the tallest mountain in Iraq, Mt. Halgurd chronicled in the award-winning film Adventure Not War. His latest film project, Champions of the Golden Valley about the Afghan Ski Community is currently making its rounds on the film festival circuit.
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DOGE, Featured Story, Health, Sacrificed for ‘Savings’

Army War Vet Found Healing in Public Lands that Are Now Threatened By DOGE Cuts

by Stacy Bare February 23, 2025

…it is the possibility of severely declining access to mystery, beauty, and health that worries me the most.” I came home from a tour with the US Ar... Read more.

Efficiency − or Empire? How Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover Could End Government as We Know It

Parsing the USAID Shutdown

Who Would Likely Pay For Trump’s Social Security Plan?

American Economy Continues Growing

Preventing Oil Spills: How Shipping Companies Can Take Action

Federal Environmental Priorities Shift, Sovereign Native American Nations Have Their Own Plans

Slamming the Climate Change Door

Coastal Economies Rely on NOAA, From Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – Even if They Don’t Realize It

Breach in Live War Plans

A Navy SEAL Commander Speaks Out Against Firing of General CQ Brown

Heeding the Warning of Trump’s Generals

The Navy’s First 4-Star Woman Admiral Reflects on Military Integration and the Time It Took To Become a Reality

EV Batteries and the LA Fires

DTE Profits Soar as Customers Face Shutoffs, Rising Rates and Fossil Fuel Expansion

The Overlooked Value of EV Batteries

Dumping Japan’s Nuclear Waste

Undercutting Ukraine ‘Negotiations’

Trump’s Gaza Fantasy

Lowering the Tariff Boom

Joy for Freed Hostages

Cuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short

Deadly Musk-Trump Administration Policy Starts

For Families With Sick Kids, the Rise of Vaccine Hesitancy Could Be Life-Threatening

Army War Vet Found Healing in Public Lands that Are Now Threatened By DOGE Cuts

I’m Not Leaving

Tossing Civil Rights Enforcement

Cuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short

The Speech Igniting This Moment

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Army War Vet Found Healing in Public Lands that Are Now Threatened By DOGE Cuts