A Texas man on a five-day canoe trip on the Rio Grande River through Big Bend National Park has died in a fall.

The National Park Service will be unveiling two temporary waysides interpreting the 1881 assassination of President James A. Garfield on Monday, November 19, at 10:30 a.m. on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

With Democrats gaining the majority in the House of Representatives, expect to see more inquiries into how the Interior Department is run, perhaps a slowdown or halt in the development of new management plans for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments, greater oversight into reorganization of Interior, and more light of day for parks-related legislation offered by House Democrats.

Come January 1, it will cost you a little bit more to enter Pinnacles National Park in California, unless you have your national parks pass on your person. Under the plan, the entrance fee for vehicles will increase $5, to $30.