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Essay | 50-Year-Old Lessons From North Cascades National Park Still Relevant, Timely

Fifty years ago, on October 2, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed North Cascades National Park into law. In certain ways, today looks a lot like 1968. American society is struggling with cultural, racial, gender, and class divides. An unpopular president sits in the White House. And public support for the environment is strong.

Judge Puts Greater Yellowstone Grizzlies Back On Endangered Species List

Grizzly bears that roam the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have regained protection from hunters under the Endangered Species Act due to a judge's ruling that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not adequately consider how delisting the bears would impact the species as a whole. The much-anticipated ruling brought an end to grizzly hunts in Idaho and Wyoming before they could begin.

Study: National Parks Bearing The Brunt Of Climate Change Impacts

Yellowstone National Park escaped the summer without any large conflagrations in its forests, but that could be an anomaly under the current pace of climate change. Pikas could vanish from parks such as Lassen Volcanic and Great Basin. Glaciers and Joshua trees could be seen only in photographs and paintings in their namesake parks, and Virgin Islands and Hawai'i Volcanoes national parks could see diminished rainfall.

Stone and Rose: Exhibit Celebrates Craftsmanship Of White House Stonemasons

The White House Visitor Center is displaying a newly carved Double Scottish Rose that celebrates the legacy of the original stonemasons of the White House. The Double Scottish Rose design became popular in the 18th century and was a great source of pride for the people of Scotland, including the Scottish stonemasons who worked on the White House in the 1790s. The design appears throughout the White House exterior walls, columns, porticos and above the North Door.

National Park Foundation Connecting More Than 200,000 Children With National Park Experiences Through $2.3 Million-Plus Support

More than 200,000 children across the country will visit national parks during the 2018-2019 school year thanks to grants from the National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. The grants, supporting 132 national parks, are part of the Foundation’s Open OutDoors for Kids program, which connects young people to national parks through meaningful, educational and engaging activities, and encourages kids to build lifelong connections to these special places.

Last Inholding On Mormon Row To Become Part Of Grand Teton National Park

Iola and Hal Blake have spent their summers living on Mormon Row and running the Moulton Ranch Cabins for 20 years. This complex was the last privately owned inholding in Grand Teton’s well-known historic district. Clark Moulton, Hal’s grandfather and son of T.A. Moulton—one of the original pioneers who homesteaded the area in the early 20th century—transferred it to the Blakes in 1998.

NPS Will Seek Ways To Relax Hunting Regulations "Consistent With" National Park Service Organic Act

National Park Service officials will be expected to respond to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's order that they relax their wildlife management regulations if necessary to conform to those of states in which parks are located.