The dulcet sounds of dulcimers, the earthy smell of an overturned field ready for spring planting, backwoods crafts and more will greet travelers who attend Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area's 24th annual Spring Planting and Music Festival on Saturday, April 27. This festival celebrates the Appalachian way of life that has been an integral part of the history of the Big South Fork area.

Off-season projects planned at Cape Cod National Seashore include new bathhouse facilities at Nauset Light Beach and continued rehabilitation work on the Highland Light.

Hidden Falls, one of the most popular destinations in Grand Teton National Park for visitors, remains closed indefinitely as geologists try to determine whether a rock buttress above the falls is a threat to collapse in the near future.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be hosting its successful barn restoration workshop June 18-23 at the Brunson barn, three miles north of Glen Arbor, Michigan, on M-22. This year marks the 22nd year that the lakeshore has hosted and developed this series of “hands-on” workshops, which started in 1997.