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 ...

America’s national parks are at a crossroads. From the storied walls of Alcatraz Island in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) to the towering granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite ...

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 ...

Peak season in many US national parks has begun. Families heading outdoors during spring break are arriving by the carload to enjoy hiking, admire wildlife, learn about history and nature and ...

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 ...

Among the parks highlighted in Climate Central’s report, Mount Rainier in Washington state and Badlands National Park in South Dakota are expected to experience relatively fewer increases in ...