More and more newspapers across the country are cutting staff, greatly reducing the number of reporters covering national parks and all that goes on in them.

As much as we all enjoy visiting national parks for relaxation and to see amazing landscapes and wildlife, they also are a source for news: new species, flooding, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. And you should be able to follow that news, as you're an owner of the park system.

Call it our first birthday. Though National Parks Traveler has been around since 2005, today marks the web-magazine's first year as an IRS-recognized nonprofit media organization.

National Parks Traveler runs stories week-in and week-out about seasonal operations in the National Park System: campground openings, trail conditions, fee information. It’s that sort of reader service material that draws much of our traffic; people looking for the latest news that might impact their national park vacation. But that’s just the chum, if you will, to get you to explore Traveler’s other content and educate and keep yourself up to date on what else is going on in the parks.