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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Celebrates 20 Years Of New Species Discoveries

It was not quite a decade ago that I traveled to Great Smoky Mountains National Park to better understand efforts there to track down every species that calls the park's rumpled landscape home. At the time the list of previously unknown species that were discovered had reached more than 900. Today that number has grown to nearly 1,000.

Oil Survey Leaves Rutted And Damaged Wetlands At Big Cypress National Preserve

An oil company looking for energy reserves beneath Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida left miles of deeply rutted and damaged wetlands despite requirements calling for immediate mitigation. The company is back in the field now, and environmentalists fear more damage is being done.

Rumored NPS Personnel Moves Reminiscent Of Past Attempts To Exert Political Will On Agency

President Trump is said to favor chaos as a managerial tool, and proposed personnel changes at the National Park Service not only would insert that element into the agency's upper echelon, but also be reminiscent on past efforts to gain political control over the beloved agency.

Eaglet Survives Fall From Nest, Prompting Closure At Shiloh National Military Park

One of two eagle chicks survived a fall out of its nest at Shiloh National Military Park last week, leading park officials to close the area around the nest in order to provide a safe space for the bird and to allow adequate space for the eagle parents to take care of the chick.