Helper is like finding a treasure chest someone left unlocked in central Utah. This former coal mining town sits dramatically ...

National Park Week starts April 19 with free admission to all national parks. Concerns exist regarding the impact of National Park Service layoffs on park experiences. Despite staffing challenges ...

The Interior Department is supposed to oversee 400 national parks and historic sites, uphold treaty rights with over 500 recognized Native American tribes, manage more than 500 million acres of ...

These national park employees were tasked with maintaining and cleaning parks, as well as educating visitors and performing other functions within the parks. Advocates of the National Park Service ...

According to Climate Central, Yosemite National Park could experience 26 such days annually, while Great Smoky Mountains National Park may see 23 – up from a historical average of just three.

The National Parks Service is warning summer visitors about new expectations due to staffing issues prompted by budget cuts. The staffing woes have led to cancelled events and reduced hours at the ...

The 5 Gyres Institute is starting its annual initiative to track amounts of trash in National Parks. Any visitor to national parks can help by recording data about the trash they see in any U.S ...

National Park Week begins April 19 with an invitation to celebrate national parks in person, for free. April 19 is one of five remaining free-entry dates this year. However, cost isn’t the only ...

But with so many national parks to visit, there are trails, craters, and lakeshores that can be explored responsibly and without crowds. How remote and uncrowded are these parks? Katmai National ...