As concerns continue to mount over the wildfires burning across Australia, the National Park Service is pointing to the steps it took during Fiscal Year 2019 to reduce wildfire risks in the National Park System and surrounding communities.

Two young men who paid no attention to signs to stay off the travertine cone of Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park will have ten days in a jail cell, and a $500 fine, to reconsider their transgression.

More than a year after Kīlauea Volcano ceased months of eruptions, repairs to roads and paved trails in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park that were broken up by the associated quakes are to begin.

"Salt heaves" and natural ground movements have left the runway at the Furnace Creek Airport in Death Valley National Park in poor condition, according to the National Park Service, which suggests pilots heading to the park use the Stovepipe Wells Airport a bit to the north.

Juan Bautista de Anza was a determined Spaniard who was tasked with creating the first non-Native settlement on San Francisco Bay. He did it by leading more than 200 men, women, and children from Mexico to the Bay Area. During the next three months, you can hike a short, four-mile stretch of the trail in Arizona and have a shuttle ready to take you back to your rig.

After nearly eight years of study, Montana officials have agreed to allow wild bison to once again roam their state, but they say more study must be done before decisions are made as to where those bison can roam.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials closed Laurel Creek Road, as scheduled, on Sunday, January 5, and it will remain closed to the public through Saturday, February 29, to repair the Bote Mountain Tunnel. The seven-mile access road leading from the Townsend Wye to Cades Cove, is closed to all motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians.

Sequoia Parks Conservancy, the official nonprofit partner to Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, has received a $250,000 grant from The Dorrance Family Foundation for use in helping with recovery of endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs in the two parks.

Contributing editor Rebecca Latson starts out the New Year with another national parks quiz and trivia piece.See how much park knowledge you possess before checking the answers at the bottom of the article.

Americans love the national parks, and can name the last park they visited, but they don't visit for long, according to a telephone survey commissioned by the National Park Service.

A short walk, some homesteader history, and a little solitude all can be found within minutes of entering the Rincon District of Saguaro National Park in Arizona.

A report that highlighted flaws with how the National Park Service oversees Residential Environmental Learning Centers mischaracterized how those nonprofit operations work and failed to reflect the benefits they bring to the parks and their visitors, according to some of the organizations that operate those centers.

Science and stories handed down through the generations are colliding at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, where scientists are studying native lore to see if there's any mention of past lakes forming in the crater of Kīlauea Volcano.

Interested in a business opportunity that caters to world travelers at a location on one of the most valuable pieces of real estate in the U.S.? Guests will enjoy outstanding vistas, good public transportation, and excellent restaurants and shopping nearby. Best of all, past data indicates the business will frequently operate at or near capacity. If this sounds appealing, the National Park Service may have a deal for you.

Parts of Grand Teton National Park will be temporarily closed January 5-12 to the public so crews can remove nonnative mountain goats.

A Texan who disappeared in Grand Canyon National Park nearly two weeks ago was found alive in the park Thursday and was undergoing a medical evaluation.

Zion National Park long has had a problem with too many crowds in too little space, and that likely will continue into the new year for some time.

Rivers in the Rocky Mountains that typically freeze over during winter are expected to see fewer days of being frozen as the climate continues to warm, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

The St. Croix River Association has a full list of snowshoe events that you can choose from and trails for every age and ability. So take the time to discover the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, breathe in the crisp winter air, and bond with family, friends and a new community.

As delegates from nearly 200 countries gathered for the recent international conference on climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the “utterly inadequate” global response to the crisis so far. He warned that the “point of no return is no longer over the horizon” but that “It is in sight and hurtling toward us.” Nowhere are the consequences more visibly “hurtling,” and landing, than in Alaska. And in the northern state’s national parks and preserves, that means growing pressures on the very resources the National Park Service is charged with protecting.