A young Washington woman suffered burns to most of her body when she tried to pull her dog out of a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.

The National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program has awarded $917,173 in Battlefield Interpretation Grants to preservation partners across the country. This new grant program funds projects that use technology to bring the stories of sites of armed conflict alive for modern audiences, from tactile maps that expand accessibility, to smartphone apps with augmented reality, to engaging videos and more.

Changes to campground operations, and other visitor operations, are coming to Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah as a result of the end of summer.

A chill is in the air, leaves are changing, and people are looking towards the holidays. Autumn also is the perfect time of year to soak in some of the country's history along with the fall colors at historic sites and historical parks in the National Park System.