A 1,000-acre patch of forestlands in Virginia has been added to Shenandoah National Park thanks to the efforts of the Shenandoah National Park Trust and the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation.

Nearly three decades after it took the involvement of President Clinton to stop a gold mine from being developed on the eastern doorstep of Yellowstone National Park, and five years after the Trump administration withdrew 30,000 acres north of the park from mineral development, a grassroots effort is underway to buy out a fledgling mine project that would be visible from the park and could theoretically send pollution down into the Yellowstone River.

Age is overtaking water and sewer systems at Death Valley National Park, where the National Park Service is proposing to spend more than $40 million on rebuilding key systems.

A 39-year-old resident of El Salvador visiting Buffalo National River is believed to have drowned after disappearing under the water, according to a park release.