A 60-year-old woman from New Hampshire suffered second- and third-degree burns on one of her legs while walking off-trail in a thermal area near the Mallard Lake Trailhead at Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park.
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names on Wednesday voted to change the name of the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park from Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, a Cherokee name for the mountain.
In recent years more than $20 million in funding generated through park entrance fees and other fee programs the National Park Service is authorized to implement through the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act has been spent across the national park system.
The National Parks Traveler — a nonprofit media organization that provides daily editorial coverage of America’s most treasured shared spaces: its national parks — seeks committed board members to help the news organization continue its growth.