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UPDATED | President's Proposed FY19 Budget Cuts Interior Department Again, Says Energy Revenues Will Rise

President Trump's fiscal 2019 budget proposal, while calling for continued cuts to the Interior Department, would prioritize the department's move to open up more lands and waters for oil and gas development that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said would make it possible to rebuild the National Park System.

NPCA Voices Serious Concerns With Proposed Reorganization Of Interior Department

A low resolution map of the United States, unclear goals, lack of public input, and mixing agencies with different missions and approaches to land management are among the concerns cited by the National Parks Conservation Association in comments it provided on a proposed reorganization of the Interior Department by Secretary Ryan Zinke, who seems in a rush to complete the task.

First Impressions, A Reader’s Journey To Iconic Places Of The American Southwest

This is not a book for light reading. It is, though, one that takes a historical approach to examining the hallmarks of the Southwestern landscape. Canyon de Chelly, El Morro, Rainbow Bridge, Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and the Grand Canyon are among the destinations to which we are reintroduced through the writings of the first non-natives who encountered.

Not Your Typical Coverage Of The National Park System

National Parks Traveler runs stories week-in and week-out about seasonal operations in the National Park System: campground openings, trail conditions, fee information. It’s that sort of reader service material that draws much of our traffic; people looking for the latest news that might impact their national park vacation. But that’s just the chum, if you will, to get you to explore Traveler’s other content and educate and keep yourself up to date on what else is going on in the parks.