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Remaking History At Moses H. Cone Memorial Park

Each year, more than 250,000 visitors make a stop at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, North Carolina. They stroll the nearly 25 miles of carriage trails on the 3,500-acre estate, travel back in time with a ranger-led tour of Flat Top Manor, or simply sit on the porch and enjoy the view of Bass Lake in the distance below. And while they might notice construction, they probably don't know who's paying for it.

NatureBridge Backpacking Program In Yosemite, Olympic National Parks Builds Future Scientists, Leaders

NatureBridge, the largest residential environmental education partner of the National Park Service, leads life-changing backpacking programs for high school students in Yosemite and Olympic national parks each summer. These one-week and two-week programs offer the perfect mix of backpacking, science, and adventure and give participants the opportunity to conduct field science investigations in two of the most iconic national parks in the country.

NPCA Files Lawsuit Over Administration's Support Of Water Mining Project

What oversight should there be on pipelines that cross federal lands via railroad right-of-ways? While the Trump administration says none, according to the National Parks Conservation Association, the park advocacy group says those projects shouldn't fly beneath oversight. And so NPCA has gone to court to block an Interior Department decision to allow a pipeline project to cross Mojave Trails National Monument.