The U.S. Senate, by a three-vote margin, is fine with public lands being sold off to reduce the federal government, according to conservation groups.

The National Park Service on Friday opened another window for federal employees to resign now but remain on the payroll through September.

With winter losing its grip, staff at Grand Teton National Park is working to open up access for visitors.

Ice damage to the Talisman-Barrett Beach Dock at Fire Island National Seashore in New York has prompted the National Park Service to close the dock through the summer season at least.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday ordered that the National Park Service ensure that the National Park System "is properly staffed to support the operating hours and needs of each park unit."

Portions of the Cataloochee Valley in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina are scheduled to open at noon local time Friday.

White-nose syndrome, a disease that is fatal to bats and which has been moving across the country in recent years, has been detected in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

A number of repair projects will require Cleetwood Cove at Crater Lake National Park to be closed for two or more years, meaning there will be no boat tours of the lake during that period.

Reaching Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior could be hard this summer, as the National Park Service's ferry that normally takes visitors to the park is stuck in dock without an engineering crew.

A lack of staffing at Yosemite National Park, and the decision to open campgrounds, has raised the prospect of existing staff being unable to maintain restrooms as visitors head to the park for some R&R.

U.S. Army troops, supported with ponderous, eight-wheeled Stryker armored vehicles, could soon be deployed inside Big Bend National Park, if they are not there already, to support Border Patrol agents working to secure the border.

Spring-break crowds, drought conditions, and a poor water source recently created quite the problem at Big Bend National Park, a problem that required the Big Bend Conservancy to bail out the National Park Service.

Grand Canyon National Park camping fees will take a substantial increase on May 1, when standard frontcountry sites at Desert View, North Rim and Mather campgrounds will jump from $18 a night to $30 a night.

Yellowstone National Park is famous for its volcanic landscapes, erupting geysers, colorful hot springs, and abundant and diverse wildlife. The park is also unique because of the many waterfalls along its rivers and creeks that mostly form in deep gorges, where rocks with differences in hardness meet or at the edges of thick rhyolite lava flows.

Removed National Park Service webpages that featured more than 100 queer and transgender stories have been revived on a website created by Resistance Rangers, a group pushing back against the Trump administration's efforts to erase history.

The National Park Service describes Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska as the location “where mountains, ice and ocean meet.” This description provides you with a good idea of what you can see at this national park if you choose to visit. And you ought to, since it’s just two hours’ drive away from Anchorage, a city easily reached by commercial flights from the Lower 48.

What bottomline impact will national parks and other public lands suffer from Trump administration policies? That's the burning question of the year for those who turn to public lands for recreation and rejuvenation.

If you head out into the National Park System, you might find visitor impacts, both related and unrelated to the Trump administration's efforts to downsize the National Park Service. For instance:

Interested in lending a hand to the National Park Service at Olympic National Park in Washington? On April 19 volunteers are invited to visit the park's beaches to clean up marine debris as part of the Washington Coastal Cleanup effort. This year's cleanup will focus on beaches near Mora and Kalaloch.

The Alcove House at Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico will be temporarily closed starting Monday so crews can remove flood debris from that area.