President Trump has expanded the military's role on federal lands, including national parks, along the country's southern border, saying the boder "is under attack from a variety of threats. The complexity of the current situation requires that our military take a more direct role in securing our southern border than in the recent past."
12th, April 2025, 01:30pm
Southwest Texas is the location of some pretty amazing parks, and I had the opportunity to visit two of them: Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. So, this month’s quiz and trivia edition is all about these two parks.
12th, April 2025, 08:00pm
A full closure of a 10-mile section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia will take effect on Monday to allow for road repaving and rehabilitation.
12th, April 2025, 07:30pm
Olympic National Park wilderness permits for the summer season — May 15 through October 15 — will be available at 7 a.m. on April 15.
12th, April 2025, 07:30pm
An estimated 2,400-2,500 National Park Service employees, roughly 12.5 percent of the agency's entire workforce have taken Trump administration offers to resign or retire, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.
11th, April 2025, 09:53pm
An estimated 2,400-2,500 National Park Service employees, roughly 12.5 percent of the agency's entire workforce have taken Trump administration offers to resign or retire, according to the National Parks Conservation Association.
11th, April 2025, 09:53pm
Uh-oh, this doesn’t look good. A kayaker is careening down the narrow winding river, letting the current pull her towards danger instead of paddling like mad away from it. “Stay hard right,” shouts Hailey Albers. “Stay away from that root wad.” Whooping and hollering, the woman rather gleefully crashes right into a partially submerged tangle of tree roots.
11th, April 2025, 07:30pm
On May 8-10, Eisenhower National Historic Site in Pennsylvania will offer special ranger-guided tours of World War II burial sites in Gettysburg National Cemetery to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day and the end of the war in Europe.
11th, April 2025, 07:30pm
Barring a major snowstorm, a number of roads leading into Yellowstone National Park will open on Friday, April 18, at 8 a.m. local time.
11th, April 2025, 07:30pm
A company with rights to a mine within Mojave National Preserve in California has received approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to resume operations, although it's been accused of illegally mining there for some time.
10th, April 2025, 05:19pm