A surprising $2 million grant from filmmaker Myrna Berlet to the Grand Teton National Park Foundation will benefit the park's wildlife, as it will be used to support the foundation’s ongoing partnership work with Grand Teton National Park and will be used to begin an endowment for wildlife and natural resources conservation efforts, as well as youth engagement programs that introduce young people to the wonders of the natural world.

National parks across the country continue to lag behind a court-ordered schedule to complete air-tour management plans and are failing to conduct environmentally required studies as they develop those plans, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

A baby boom of sequoia trees is expected in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias at Yosemite National Park thanks to the Washburn fire that burned close to the grove, according to park ecologists.

The NPS is initiating and seeking public comment on a KNP Complex Wildfire Tree Hazard Mitigation EA that will evaluate alternatives to minimize the threat to public safety and NPS infrastructure from tree hazards killed or otherwise damaged by the KNP Complex Wildfire.