A unique approach to employee housing -- a public-private partnership -- is being explored at Acadia National Park, where the National Park Service is gauging the interest of private individuals, housing and lodging developers, and other organizations to enter into an agreement to construct and operate housing for seasonal park employees.

You once again can hike the Mauna Loa Trail at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and stay in one of the cabins on the mountain.

As Grand Canyon National Park officials work to keep their antiquated Transcanyon Waterline and pump system functioning, they also are searching for a new water source to service the South Rim. And in the arid Southwest, that's not easily accomplished.

West Virginia's official state motto is "Montani Semper Liberi," which translates to "Mountaineers are always Free" and which might explain U.S. Shelley Moore Capito's move to both rename New River Gorge National River as New River Gorge National Park and allow sport hunting to continue within its boundaries.