Public input is being sought on a draft backcountry management plan for Wupatki National Monument, which protects ruins from an ancient civilization that cultivated a living from a site in present-day northern Arizona that evolved into a regional trading center of sorts before being abandoned after about 300 years.

Planning is underway at Valles Caldera National Preserve to improve the visitor experience and resume an entrance fee collection program to generate revenues to address deferred maintenance in the park.

Work to rehabilitate a stretch of U.S. 209 that runs through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania will begin in the spring.

Drilling is often suggested as a means of preventing Yellowstone from erupting. It seems like a reasonable idea, but the volcano doesn’t work that way. And while it might be possible to generate power by geothermal drilling, that would risk disturbing the thermal features of Yellowstone—one-of-a-kind geologic and cultural treasures, with no way back when features start to change or disappear.