A Washington state utility company has agreed to pay $900,000 in damages for natural resource and archaeological damage it ...

In a mountain forest ravaged by fire in Jasper National Park, charred trees stand alongside a few that look like giraffes, their blackened trunks dotted with golden patches. Locals have taken to ...

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Though Lake Mead has enjoyed a slight rise in water levels over the past few years, it's been receding for decades. As it recedes, the amount of illegal roads and trails that have formed in Lake Mead ...

Scotty's Castle, in Death Valley National Park, is reopening for walking tours on select Saturdays and Sundays, starting December 7, 2024, and lasting through March 23, 2025. “The patient is not dead.

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27, the Big Bend National Park Communication Center received a 911 call from a group of hikers reporting a gunshot and a seriously injured visitor at ...

After entrance fee collection was paused in 2017, Valles Caldera National Preserve will again collect fees in 2025.

One wouldn’t think chickpeas might become a problem at Death Valley National Park in California until a tractor-trailer carrying 44,000 pounds (19,958 kg) of dried chickpeas burned up in the park on ...

Mount Rainier National Park is searching for properties to lease for its employees during the spring, summer, and fall seasons (March through November) of 2025. With limited housing options in and ...

Earlier this month, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed there is a pack of gray wolves roaming within Lassen Volcanic National Park. Though gray wolves are known in nearby Lassen ...

Two weeks out from the presidential election, it's time to take stock of the national parks and the National Park Service, but it's not all political fallout. There will be time to assess that, but ...

Starting in 2025, Mount Rainier National Park will undergo two major construction projects to replace aging infrastructure and improve the visitor experience. The Ohanapecosh Campground project will ...