The Dingmans Falls boardwalk trail at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania was set to reopen at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The popular visitor destination and local favorite was hit hard by damages from back-to-back winter storms in March 2018, and as a result was closed for the spring and summer while work crews made repairs.

While the National Park Service Organic Act directs the National Park Service to be a guardian of the parks and the flora and fauna within them, politics don't always make that easy. Proof of that can be seen in Alaska, where the agency has done a complete reversal in trying to protect wolves, bears, coyotes and other predators from rampant hunting and trapping.

Five shots over three days were needed to kill a young Great Smoky Mountains National Park black bear linked to a ginseng poacher who turned up dead in the park last month.

Restoration and stabilization of the historic Ponca low-water bridge is getting underway this week. Built in 1943 by the Works Progress Administration, the Ponca bridge made it possible for vehicles to cross the Buffalo River along the historic route to and from Jasper for several decades. Today, the low-water bridge is primarily used by paddlers, hikers, anglers, and swimmers to access the Buffalo River and area trails.