With planning now underway for how best to open national parks that have been closed by the coronavirus pandemic, it's the perfect time for superintendents to institute visitor carrying capacities that Congress long ago called for, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

Weather is warming across the country, and desires to get outside and into the National Park System are growing, but exactly how parks will go about reopening continues to be a work in progress not entirely ready for public disclosure. At least one major park concessionaire, unable to safely house workers, announced Tuesday that two of its lodges in Grand Teton National Park are not expected to open this year.

In what might just be the first canceled Memorial Day Weekend event, officials at Shiloh National Military Park have decided to cancel their annual Memorial Day activities.

With Colorado now entering a scaled-down phase of its coronavirus response, transitioning from “Stay at Home” to “Safer at Home,” Estes Park’s Chamber of Commerce has launched a full-court press to provide its members with consistent information to ensure a safe, yet limited, reopening of local lodging and curbside retail service.