National Parks Traveler

Homestead National Historical Park in Nebraska is seeking applicants for its 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program.

Measures to open areas of Capitol Reef National Park in Utah to OHV use, to rename Mount McKinley in Denali National Park in Alaska as Denali, to block Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida from any wilderness designations, and to ensure the maintenance of a herd of horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota are among proposed legislation to be considered Tuesday by a U.S. Senate committee.

A report from the Trust for Public Land reveals that there are more than 15,000 privately owned parcels spanning 2.5 million acres within U.S. national parks.

Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma will host its annual Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 27.