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Cedar Breaks National Monument Road To Open May 15...Weather Allowing

Getting to Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah by driving can be a challenge most of the year. While Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef national parks are all accessible for the spring and summer seasons, winter has kept a stranglehold on the route to Cedar Breaks. That should change by May 15...barring another snowstorm, of course.

Seasonal Hiring In National Park System Impacted By Failure To Follow Rules

National Park Service failure to adhere to Office of Personal Management hiring rules and regulations has created problems with the hiring of seasonal employees this year, though just how great the problems are is unknown. Possibly affected are dozens if not hundreds of interpreters, trail crews, and other park personnel.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Celebrates 20 Years Of New Species Discoveries

It was not quite a decade ago that I traveled to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to better understand efforts there to track down every species that calls the park's rumpled landscape home. At the time the list of previously unknown species that were discovered had reached more than 900. Today that number has grown to nearly 1,000.

Oil Survey Leaves Rutted And Damaged Wetlands At Big Cypress National Preserve

An oil company looking for energy reserves beneath Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida left miles of deeply rutted and damaged wetlands despite requirements calling for immediate mitigation. The company is back in the field now, and environmentalists fear more damage is being done.