The recent shooting by a hunter of 926F, a collared female admired by wolf watchers, has reignited the debate on hunting wolves near national parks. Protected in parks—as 926F was in Yellowstone—wolves can hunt, breed, and raise families without fear of humans. Watching them do so excites and educates tens of thousands of park visitors and informs many scientists. But once wolves step outside a park they can become trophies—as 926F did—for a few hunters or trappers.

Some higher fees are coming to Everglades National Park early next year, as entrance fees will creep up slightly to help the park address deferred maintenance, an issue the Congress so far has failed to deal with.

Congress's inability to deal with the nearly $12 billion maintenance backlog in the National Park System is leading some parks to increase fees to help deal with their respective maintenance issues. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is one of the latest parks to increase fees, in part to address infrastructure needs.

The National Park Service will close the Lost Valley Road and day-use area at Buffalo National River in Arkansas on Monday for a 10-week-long improvement project that will relocate a portion of Lost Valley Road, parking area, and trailhead out of the immediate flood zone of Clark Creek. The purpose of this project is to provide safe vehicular access to the Lost Valley Trailhead while minimizing adverse impacts to Clark Creek, the Buffalo River, and the surrounding environment.