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National Parks' Dependency On Friends Groups Can Be Risky

It's been more than a half-century since the Beatles let the world know they get by with a little help from their friends. Certainly, that's true for national parks from coast to coast, which have been able to accomplish much with philanthropic dollars raised by friends groups. But what happens if those dollars vanish?

9th Circuit Agrees Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzlies Can't Be Delisted

Politics and a lack of sound science played roles in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's attempt to remove Endangered Species Act protections from Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzlies, a unanimous 9th U.S. Circuit Court ruled Wednesday in upholding a lower court's decision that blocked the delisting.

Sunrise over the mountains, Grand Teton National Park

The first yellow rays of a summer sunrise touching the foot of the Grand Teton Mountains in Grand Teton National Park

While the Tetons contain some of the oldest rocks in North America, they are the youngest mountains in the Rockies, at a mere 10 million years in age. In this national park, you can float the Snake River, watch bison grazing and sparring against a background of jagged mountains, and "walk through a historic landmark district." Oh, and the photo ops are pretty fantastic, too.

Rebecca Latson
Sunrise Over The Grand Teton Mountains

Details Beginning To Surface On How National Parks Will Reopen

Weather is warming across the country, and desires to get outside and into the National Park System are growing, but exactly how parks will go about reopening continues to be a work in progress not entirely ready for public disclosure. At least one major park concessionaire, unable to safely house workers, announced Tuesday that two of its lodges in Grand Teton National Park are not expected to open this year.

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