A housing complex with 16 private bedrooms has opened for seasonal Rocky Mountain National Park employees and Rocky Mountain Conservancy staff.

Though Hurricane Beryl was roughly 1,200 nautical miles from Padre Island National Seashore on Tuesday, crews already were out on the barrier island's beaches searching for Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests. Any that were found were recorded with a GPS location so, in the event the hurricane took a hard swipe at the national seashore, the nests could be relocated after the storm.

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation is seeking support for critical projects that will enhance the 469-mile scenic route. The initiatives include repairing historical structures, rehabilitating trails and overlooks, engaging children in outdoor activities, and showcasing traditional mountain music for visitors.

There are more than 500 campgrounds across the National Park System, and not all are created equal. Which, in your mind, is the worst, and how could the National Park Service improve it?

The Sentinel Campground in the Cedar Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park in California will reopen Wednesday, just in time for the 4th of July holiday weekend.

The Charles Hall Ferry across Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area returns to service on July 4th.

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is the perfect unit of the National Park System for boating, paddling, swimming, and fishing. If you don’t engage in any of those water sports very much, then maybe a little history might “float your boat” instead, because Fort Spokane, located along the southeastern border of this NRA, has the history.

A decision by the National Park Service to ban bear baiting by sport hunters in national preserves in Alaska but not address how moose, caribou, black bears, and wolves are hunting drew mixed response from wildlife and national park advocates.

A 69-year-old Texas man hiking to Phantom Ranch on the floor of Grand Canyon National Park lost consciousness along the way and died, according to a park release.

A wildfire burning just inside the north entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve has forced evacuations of the Riley Creek Campground there and prompted closure Monday of all visitor facilities and park operations in the entrance area.

The flag of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has been raised above Rock Harbor at Isle Royale National Park and will serve as a permanent fixture on the northeastern end of Isle Royale. The Band’s flag has flown in Washington Harbor since 2021, where it was first raised within the national park after a formal request from the Band.

Hubbell Trading Post National Monument staff are taking their rugs and jewelry to Petroglyph National Monument for first time since 2017.

The National Park Service has adopted a new regulation pertaining to bear baiting in national preserves in Alaska, a rule that bans the practice for sport hunting but allows it for subsistence hunts focused on putting food on the table.

The National Park Service will once again host the annual celebration of Independence Day on the National Mall, the nation’s most important civic space and home to more than a dozen memorials that commemorate great Americans and significant events in the nation’s history.

A 54-year-old Utah man, Michael Harp, of Sandy, on a private river trip in Dinosaur National Monument drowned when the raft he was in flipped and pinned him beneath it, the National Park Service said.

The National Park Service is proposing to charge fees for wilderness permits on the South Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado and increase group campsite fees for Curecanti National Recreation Area.

Investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed the historic Coal Creek Camp Mess Hall at Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in Alaska.

The National Park Service at Richmond National Battlefield Park in Virginia is working to expand its interpretation of Civil War history along the James River.

A silver pocket watch that traveled the world with Theodore Roosevelt during his presidency, including his charge up San Juan Hill, and travels to Africa and down the Amazon River has been returned to his family home at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site after missing for nearly four decades.

Zion National Park in southwestern Utah is expected to be hot and crowded for the Fourth of July holiday break.