In preparation for the arrival of migratory piping plovers, Gulf Islands National Seashore staff in Florida has identified two important habitat areas for shorebirds. One is near Fort Pickens, and the other near Santa Rosa.

A Texas man on a five-day canoe trip on the Rio Grande River through Big Bend National Park has died in a fall.

The National Park Service will be unveiling two temporary waysides interpreting the 1881 assassination of President James A. Garfield on Monday, November 19, at 10:30 a.m. on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

With Democrats gaining the majority in the House of Representatives, expect to see more inquiries into how the Interior Department is run, perhaps a slowdown or halt in the development of new management plans for Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments, greater oversight into reorganization of Interior, and more light of day for parks-related legislation offered by House Democrats.