It's been two years since Kīlauea Volcano at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park began a months-long series of eruptions that drew the world's attention and also inflicted substantial damage to the national park. Now the National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey are working on a a disaster recovery project and are seeking public input on both how to repair some of the damage and to decide how best to manage visitation in the years ahead.

On Saturday May 9, Great Smoky Mountains National Park partially reopened. The announcement stated that some main roads and most trails would be available to visitors. Crowds were anticipated at the popular spots mostly on the Tennessee side of the park. Mother’s Day Weekend was going to attract more people but the cold, windy weather might mitigate the crowds.

A woman who illegally ventured into Yellowstone National Park with hopes of photographing Old Faithful without throngs of milling tourists somehow stumbled into a thermal feature and sustained burns that required her to be helicoptered to a hospital.

Faithful students of American history know that Lewis and Clark started out from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for their historic trek across the West to the Pacific Ocean. And now the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail reflects that fact.