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Minidoka National Historic Site: One Of The Country's Most Endangered Historic Places

Minidoka National Historic Site, a vestige of an ugly chapter of U.S. history when American citizens were incarcerated, is one of the country's most endangered historic places because of a massive wind turbine farm proposed to rise nearby on the windswept plains of southern Idaho.

Coming To Grips With The National Park Service's $21.8 Billion Maintenance Backlog

Word that the National Park Service's maintenance backlog is nearly $22 billion, whereas three years ago it was pegged at roughly $13 billion, raises questions of how it came to be and how Congress will react less than two years removed from passing legislation billed as cutting the backlog in half in five years.

National Park Service Corps Programs Benefit From National Park Foundation Investment

Myriad programs addressing everything from climate-change impacts in the National Park System to trail building and environmental stewardship are gaining traction through $4.1 million in grants from the National Park Foundation.
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