Tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore will have more room to roam, but fewer manmade water holes, under a management plan approved by the National Park Service. The plan being adopted at the ...

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Dead pool on the Colorado River is defined as the level of Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam when the lowest tunnels on the dam allowing water to be released into the Grand Canyon would be above the ...

Starting January 1, 2025, the site rate at Lees Ferry Campground in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is changing to $26 per night, up from the previous $20 per night. This new rate aligns with ...

The National Park Service (NPS) invites the public to share their thoughts on plans to upgrade and expand the Gauley Tailwaters Campground at Gauley River National Recreation Area in Nicholas County, ...

I visited Jasper in mid-November to see how the park, which is home to the community of Jasper, is doing. The monster wildfire that began July 22 burned through 79,000 acres, forced about 5,000 ...

There are certain spots in every national park where you can capture awesome shots of specific scenes, like sunrises, for instance. That’s what you will have learned if you read my October 2024 column ...

Public access to Assateague Beach, a broad, sandy crescent stretching out into the Atlantic on the east side of Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, will be moving soon, about two-and-half miles from its ...

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27, the Big Bend National Park Communication Center received a 911 call from a group of hikers reporting a gunshot and a seriously injured visitor at ...

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Change happens…and sometimes it doesn’t. Change certainly is underway in Washington, where the incoming Trump administration is putting its players in position with promises of changing, or maybe ...

One wouldn’t think chickpeas might become a problem at Death Valley National Park in California until a tractor-trailer carrying 44,000 pounds (19,958 kg) of dried chickpeas burned up in the park on ...