When you're crossing the Colorado River in the middle of winter, wearing snowshoes, it's best not to have the ice give way and drop you into the river. Sheridan Steele can attest to that.
Thirteen sites, from Fort Pickens at Gulf Islands National Seashore to a Massachusetts site where a slave escaped her captors, have been added to the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listings.
A historic collection of items spanning women’s suffrage and the movement for women’s equality has been donated by the National Women's Party to the Library of Congress and National Park Service. This gift comes as the country celebrates 100 years of women's constitutional right to vote and ensures public access to a trove of records about the history of the women’s rights movement in the United States.
Sitakaday Narrows is the entry(or exit)-way to Glacier Bay. Less than 5 miles across, and at some points less than 100 feet deep, tidal action can be very powerful in this area of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. In this short video Ranger Steve of the park staff explains why this is such an important area for both marine life and seabirds.
A 3-year-old suffered serious burns Friday when the child ran down a trail near the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park and fell into a small thermal feature.
What did you think of your most recent visit to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border? Was it more crowded than you expected? Were you able to enjoy yourself, or was your experience less than you expected? Park officials want to know.
A decision Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to deny wolverines protection under the Endangered Species Act prompted a coalition of groups to announce plans to sue the agency of that decision.