National Parks Traveler

Measures to open areas of Capitol Reef National Park in Utah to OHV use, to rename Mount McKinley in Denali National Park in Alaska as Denali, to block Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida from any wilderness designations, and to ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota are among proposed legislation to be considered Tuesday by a U.S. Senate committee.

A report from the Trust for Public Land reveals that there are more than 15,000 privately owned parcels spanning 2.5 million acres within U.S. national parks.

Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma will host its annual Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 27.

A wet fall has brought record-setting rainfall to Death Valley National Park, which received 2.41 inches from September through November, with November alone receiving 1.76 inches.