National Parks Traveler

Recent acts of vandalism in the National Park System have rangers seeking the public's help in tracking down the perpetrators, including two who made off with three bronze plagues valued at $18,000 from Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park in Tennessee.

More than 90 percent of Biscayne National Park is under water, so no one would miss it if it was dropped from the National Park System, right? You might say the same for Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout national seashores, which are located on barrier islands that sea-level rise eventually is going to submerge, so why should they remain in the system? Bering Land Bridge National Preserve attracted fewer than 3,000 visitors last year, so why is the National Park Service paying staff to keep it open? Close it!

Late last week the Trump administration and Republicans in the House of Representatives showed their hands: They don't only want to reduce funding to the National Park Service, but, in the president's case, want to divest the federal government of some of its national parks.

Sure, there’s a Kings Canyon National Park and a Sequoia National Park, both in California, but the National Park Service only has a single webpage combining these two national parks. After all, when you visit one, you ought to go ahead and visit the other right next door, since both are home to some of the world’s largest trees. But it’s not just about the trees.

While it’s important to inventory the stable resources within our country’s borders, we need to take a step back and explore sustainable options before causing irreversible harm to the ones we have.

Love was definitely in the air on Isabela Island and we yearned to become voyeurs.

Three-hundred billboards lamenting the plight of national parks under the Trump administration are to be erected across the country on Monday.

Have you been fired from the National Park Service? We want to hear from you.

A resolution adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives and awaiting Senate action would expand off-road vehicle use at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah and Arizona.