In between keeping clueless visitors away from ornery wildlife, cleaning park bathrooms and filling in for departed ...

As many as 2,500 Park Service employees, or about an eighth of the usual workforce, have been forced out or taken buyouts so ...

“ Find a national park and come visit!” the annual event’s webpage encourages, pointing to the 433 “parks” across the ...

Arches National Park is a mecca for adventure seekers — a place where hikers, climbers, and road-trippers chase wild horizons ...

The designation was awarded by a London-based charity that aims to make cities more like national parks: "greener, healthier ...

National parks are living laboratories for science and discovery that help safeguard our nation’s legacy. Yet today, ...

The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with Friends of the Smokies, is about to begin a multi-year rehabilitation of the iconic Bullhead Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

“It’s not going to be great out there this year,” Jonathan Jarvis, the 18th director of the National Park Service, recently ...

Earth Day also falls during National Park Week. Celebrated for 55 years, one billion people in 193 countries host events and ...

While it’s easy to spend just an hour driving the 28-mile (40-kilometer) road through Petrified Forest National Park in ...

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