Campground fees at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota are going up on October 1. The changes apply to the Cottonwood Campground, Cottonwood Group site, Juniper Campground, Juniper Group site, and Roundup Group Horse Camp campground.

Crater Lake National Park in Oregon will temporarily open the North Entrance Road for two-way travel beginning 7 a.m. Saturday through Monday to accommodate visitors over the busy Labor Day Weekend.

Annual meadow closures will take effect go into effect Sunday in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to prevent the disturbance and harassment of elk during their fall mating season.

The National Park Service has added the historic First Baptist Church to Nicodemus National Historic Site in Nicodemus, Kansas.

The National Park Service has reached agreements with the Miccosukee Tribe for co-stewardship work at Biscayne and Everglades national parks in Florida.

A water shortage on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will force closures of hotels there, the National Park Service announced Wednesday.

Visitor spending in communities near national parks last year resulted in a record $55.6 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 415,400 jobs, according to the Interior Department.

A federal judge mulling the fate of feral horses at Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia has been asked to order the equines be furnished water and feed as they are "suffering unnecessary hardship and death from attempting to survive in the harsh environment" of the seashore.

Traveler contributing photographer Rebecca Latson was always told to use a tripod for really sharp landscape shots, as well as providing stability for heavy telephoto lenses capturing wildlife portraits. After years of camerawork and tens of thousands of images, however, Rebecca believes you don’t always need a tripod.

Hydrothermal explosions, like that which occurred on July 23, 2024, in Biscuit Basin, are not just a hazard that occurs in Yellowstone.

Four months after a blurry video captured two men toppling ancient rock formations at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada, a grand jury has indicted two Nevada men believed to be depicted in the video.

A record-setting $100 million grant to the National Park Foundation from Lilly Endowment, Inc., is expected to help the Park Service cope with climate change impacts to the parks, inspire young adults to connect with nature, and help "ensure the health and longevity of the fragile ecosystems and diverse species" that inhabit park lands.

A search was continuing Monday for a Frenchman who was reported missing in Arches National Park in Utah.

The body of an Arizona woman who got caught by a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park has been recovered.

The body of a 32-year-old climber who went missing a week ago has been found in Glacier National Park in Montana. A park release said "traumatic injuries and location of the body" indicated a fall killed Grant Marcuccio, of Whitefish, Montana.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Hawaiʻi Island. Because this includes a possibility of tropical storm force winds, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has closed the coastal and Mauna Loa summit backcountry areas to both day hiking and overnight camping.

On September 16, 2024, the Swiftcurrent area of the Many Glacier Valley in Glacier National Park will be closed for road, parking, and pedestrian safety improvements and a water system replacement. The closure will be in place during the fall of 2024, lasting through mid-May 2026. During this time, the construction zone will be closed to vehicles, bikes and foot traffic.

In 2023, a severe drought in Mississippi triggered a pine beetle outbreak which caused a large number of pine trees to die. The National Park Service will work to fell the beetle killed trees beginning August 26, 2024.

The National Park Service (NPS) on August 23 released a programmatic environmental assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) reaffirming park superintendents’ authority to allow visitors to use electric bicycles (e-bikes) in national parks on a case-by-case basis.

The first case of West Nile Virus for 2024 at Fire Island National Seashore has been detected in a mosquito sample from Watch Hill, Fire Island. Watch Hill is a federal tract of land between Davis Park and the Fire Island Wilderness area.