A 19-year-old from Maine who was working at Zion Lodge was killed in a fall from Angels Landing, according to Zion National Park staff.

Failure so far by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rule on whether nearly 300 species of plants and animals, including wolverines at Glacier National Park and White-tailed ptarmigan at Mount Rainier National Park, need Endangered Species Act protection has prompted the Center for Biological Diversity to sue over that lack of action.

Visitor services have returned to Big Bend National Park’s Castolon Historic District. The area has been closed to entry since two historic structures suffered major damage in a fast-moving wildfire last May.

Arizonans know that water is life; it is vital to us all and sustains our livelihoods. We cannot afford to let powerful industry interests sacrifice our water to pollution or depletion. We also cannot let those same interests destroy a landscape that supports an unparalleled regional economy and the livelihood of citizens who depend on it. But our water and our Grand Canyon is under attack by these very interests that see profit in the ground and downplay the risk of negative health impacts for generations to come.

A building with an explosive history -- it housed operations to produce underwater mines in the early 1900s -- is being restored at Gulf Islands National Seashore and soon will reopen to the public.

They'll be counting birds at Bryce Canyon National Park on December 21, and are always looking for some help in tallying the various species.

A powerful fall gale is being blamed for dislodging a section of Fresnel lens at the Devils Island lighthouse at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin and sending it crashing to the deck.

A Senate committee has passed out to the full chamber legislation designed to make a significant cut in the roughly $12 billion maintenance backlog across the National Park System, but it faces long odds to become law this year.

A proposal to build four dams on the Little Colorado River just upstream of Grand Canyon National Park has gotten roundly panned by conservationists, who said the dams would alter water flows in the main Colorado River through the national park and affect the fishery.

The 116th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina will be celebrated at Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center on December 17.

Two popular underground tours at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky will be closed, possibly for as long as 20 months, so crews can perform restoration work on the trails they follow.

A rockfall that deposited a refrigerator-sized boulder on a narrow section of the Angels Landing Trail at Zion National Park has led to a temporary closure of the popular trail until crews can break it up and remove it.

We've all seen it. Trash in national parks. It can range from cigarette butts to plastic bags and styrofoam cups. Most of us pick the trash up and put it in the garbage. But not everyone. That's why the folks at Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas are launching a monthly effort to have folks clean up the park.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday is expected to rule on a company's request to pursue a permit to build two hydroelectric dams on the Little Colorado River not far upstream from the main Colorado River as it flows into Grand Canyon National Park.

Hot Springs National Park, in partnership with chapters of the National Audubon Society, Lake Catherine State Park, and the City of Hot Springs, will host its Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 29.

Yellowstone National Park staff is seeking public thoughts on a proposal to wire developed areas of the park with indoor Wi-Fi networks for park visitors and employees.

Years ago, during the last century, I spent quite a lot of time on the "floor" of New River Gorge, rafting its famous river. Naturally, I also spent a lot of time gazing up at the surrounding mountains with their cliffs. Little did I know that they'd eventually become one of the key climbing destinations in the East.

A year after a wildfire burned across 88 percent of the federal landscape in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area crews are beginning the dirty task of removing debris and potentially hazardous materials from 30 structures that burned down.

One of the best hikes at Saguaro National Park is one you can combine with a stop at the Rincon Mountain Visitor Center on the eastern side of the park.