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Final Stretch Of Foothills Parkway To Finally Open At Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials plan to open the long-awaited section of the Foothills Parkway between Walland and Wears Valley, Tennessee, on Saturday, November 10. The public will be able to experience the entire 16-mile roadway for the first time since construction began in 1966, including the 1.65-mile section known as the ‘Missing Link’ which is now connected by a series of nine bridges.

Time Running Out To Comment On Plan To Liberalize Predator Hunting Regs In Alaska Preserves

Little more than a week remains to comment on an environmental assessment the National Park Service has written to ease back on protections for predators in national preserves in Alaska. The Park Service's latest position is a wholesale reversal from where it stood in 2015 when it pushed back against Alaska's requests to allow for the killing of more wolves and bears from national preserves and refused to back down.

Verizon Wants To Disguise A Cellphone Tower As A Pine Tree In Sequoia National Park

If a scrawny looking pine tree towered above other pines near Wuksachi Lodge in Sequoia National Park, would you figure out that it was a cellphone tower? And would you then care that your backcountry hikes might be interrupted by someone chatting loudly on their phone or streaming Drake?

New Video Traces This Year's Volcanic Activity At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

For those who have closely followed this year's volcanic activity at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, or are simply interested in earth geology, the park staff has created a new video that traces the history of this year's eruptions from the Kīlauea Volcano specific to Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō , Halema‘uma‘u and the East Rift Zone in lower Puna.

Reader Participation Day: Where's Your Go-To National Park Destination For Fall?

If there's a problem with visiting a national park in fall, it's that the days are too short. The weather usually is incredible, the crowds, and bugs, minimal, and wildlife usually visible. With those givens, where is your go-to national park destination for fall?