Appalachian Trail hikers coming through and visiting the town of Erwin in Tennessee now have a safe way to cross the Nolichucky River this spring. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is providing a free daily ferry service to transport A.T. hikers across the Nolichucky River near the former site of the Chestoa Pike Bridge, which was destroyed during Hurricane Helene in September 2024.

Interior Department officials on Monday were denied a stay of an order requiring them to rehire National Park Service workers fired earlier this year while they were on probationary status.

The future of a partially completed home built next to a creek in Glacier National Park in Montana remains uncertain, as a federal magistrate's ruling allowing the house to remain is being appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

A young condor released into Redwood National and State Parks in 2023 has been found dead, with lead poisoning being the likely cause of death.