The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation, is accepting comments from the public on the site for the proposed National Global War on Terrorism Memorial. Three locations within the District of Columbia have been identified for consideration as a site for the memorial: Constitution Avenue and 23rd Street NW, Constitution Gardens, and along the Potomac River at Ohio Drive SW and West Basin Drive SW.

Prep work for rebuilding the miles-long pipeline that funnels water to the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park is scheduled to begin later this spring, though it will take about four years to complete the project.

An Arkansas man who illegally guided hikes in Buffalo National River in Arkansas, one of which lead to a participant's death and another that required a hiker to be carried out of the backcountry, has been sentenced to two years on probation, banned from the park for two years, and ordered to pay more than $3,000 in fines and penalties.

Acadia National Park is just the most recent park to announce a need for employee housing. Previously, both Indiana Dunes and Mount Rainier national parks put all calls for housing seasonal employees could rent. The issue of employee housing is a critical one for many national parks.