Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has laid out his vision for a reorganization of his far-flung department, one that calls for a dozen "unified regions" that generally follow the country's major watersheds. But it's also one that has drawn concerns about how it might adversely impact the National Park Service's mission to preserve natural resources for future generations.
From Acadia National Park and Cape Cod National Seashore to Yellowstone National Park, scientific conferences touching on everything from wildlife and water quality to historic preservation and the human footprint are coming to the parks.
Temptation in the form of an active volcanic crater can be a powerful motivator, but for 11 people the thrill of staring down into the fuming Halema‘uma‘u Crater at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park was tempered by a $350 ticket each from park rangers for ignoring closure signs.
More than 100 scientists have written to oppose Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's push to liberalize hunting regulations on National Park Service lands in Alaska so as to reduce wolves and bears while boosting moose and caribou populations for hunting.
They had me surrounded at the border. The border of Wind Cave National Park and Custer State Park, that is. And “they” were a dusty herd of bison, moving from one lush meadow of grass to another, with their skittish young in tow.
A rockfall along the Hidden Canyon Trail in Zion National Park on Tuesday temporarily stranded nine hikers, who a bit later were hauled out of the canyon by helicopter.
Burmese pythons have made a huge dent on wildlife in Everglades National Park, and now a determination that some have crossbred with Indian pythons means the constricting snakes could slither out of the swamps and onto higher ground in search of their meals.
The National Park Service has awarded $8.6 million in grant funding to support projects that preserve significant historic structures on the campuses of 18 Historically Black Colleges and Universities.