Efforts to blunt the ferocity and destruction of wildfires are dividing conservation advocates over proposals that would sidetrack science and allow for less analysis under the country’s hallmark environmental law. Critics fear that approach could accelerate unnecessary logging in national forests.

There are so many things making up the story of a unit within the National Park System, including plants, animals, and historic buildings. This month’s National Parks Quiz And Trivia edition focuses on some of the vegetation you might see during a national park visit.

Cave tours have resumed at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota after repairs were made to the transformer that operates elevators down into the park's cave system.

A Public Lands Caucus has formed in the U.S. House of Representatives, where the bipartisan group says it will work to conserve the nation's public lands while increasing access to them.