Funding that could help the National Park Service make significant progress on its nearly $12 billion maintenance backlog was included Wednesday when the U.S. Senate approved a Fiscal 2019 appropriations bill for the Interior Department. The catch is that the funding measure passed by the House of Representatives, which is taking the month of August off, is significantly different and force the two chambers to appoint a conference committee in a bid to resolve the differences.

If you see coughing bighorn sheep during your visit to Zion National Park, please let the park biologists know. While some minor coughing is natural, excessive coughing is a symptom of bacterial pneumonia, a disease that can cause significant concern for populations of bighorn sheep.

Whether the story is about wildfires, wildlife, or storms that close campgrounds in places like Buffalo National River, at National Parks Traveler we strive to shine a light on all corners of the National Park System. It's not easy, but that's our goal.

A water shortage at Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon National Park in California is forcing the closure of the Moraine Campground.