Expanded shuttle bus operations, a few more hiking trails, and more parking are among the improvements Glacier National Park staff are talking about in a plan they're working on to manage the Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor that cuts east-west across the mountainous park.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore and neighboring Cape Lookout National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks largely escaped Hurricane Dorian unscathed, but surrounding infrastructure in some areas could take a while to repair for public use, according to Cape Hatteras Superintendent David Hallac.

Thousands of seabirds have died mysteriously this summer in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas, including near Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, according to the National Park Service.

The lack of a Senate-confirmed director of the National Park Service remains to be a demoralizing factor for the agency's workforce, which also has had no specific agenda to follow under the Trump administration.