If you're packing for a trip to Yellowstone National Park this summer be sure to pack some patience, as four major road projects will create some delays in the park.

The impact of 24-pound Howitzers that the Union Army deployed during the Battle of Shiloh will be discussed this coming weekend as Shiloh National Military Park marks the 161st anniversary of the battle.

Winter storm damage to roads and facilities in Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks in California has reopening dates for those adjacent parks weeks, and months in some cases, away.

Keith Diakiw deftly wraps a red-striped Métis sash over my winter coat and around my waist, tying it loosely on the left to signify that I’m taken and not single. One of my fellow “geo-explorers” opts to have her sash tied in the middle as a hard-working Voyageur would have during the fur trade era. Another chooses to be a Métis princess with the sash wrapped over her left shoulder across her heart.