In cooperation with state and local partners, and with increased warm temperatures and dry weather conditions, the Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park, under the guidance of the Olympic Interagency Fire Management Team, have moved to moderate fire danger conditions on federal public lands.

A proposal to build a mountain bike trail network at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is being floated, one that could build nearly 13 miles of trail within a section of the Foothills Parkway transportation corridor that has not been developed.

Passage by the House of Representatives of the Great American Outdoors Act this week would queue up $6.5 billion for the National Park Service to use in tackling backlogged maintenance work, but it won't solve the problem, according to an outside economist.

Grand Teton National Park staff, with help from the Grand Teton National Park Foundation, is working to turn 4,500 acres of agricultural lands into a native landscape that fits well within the national park.