Western wildfires have been sending clouds of acrid smoke into national parks, obscuring views and raising health concerns, especially for the young and the elderly. Things got so bad at Muir Woods National Monument on Sunday that the park was closed.

We all have bucket lists for places in the National Park System we’d like to visit. No doubt many have, or had, Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon or Shenandoah on their bucket lists. But what about Parashant National Monument? Have you ever heard of it? Would you recognize it if we called it Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument?

A black bear found scavenging human remains was put down at Great Smoky Mountains National Park early Saturday, leaving investigators to determine whether the man was killed by the bear.

A nearly $31 million contract has been awarded to a company to repair the historic Ellis Island seawall at Statue of Liberty National Monument.