National Park Service authorities, reluctant to see facilities be vacant when they can bring revenues to parks, are offering commercial leases on operations at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Independence Hall National Historical Park that include a golf course and a restaurant.

My son and I are one percenters – a label unrelated to our income level. We belong to the privileged one percent of the six million annual visitors to Grand Canyon National Park who walk from the rim to the canyon floor.

Acadia National Park's water and wastewater distribution systems in the park's Schoodic District will be rehabilitated thanks to nearly $8 million in Great American Outdoor Act funding.

While much has been accomplished with restoration of the Everglades, and billions of dollars of more funding are being lined up, the National Academy of Sciences continues to have concerns over the lack of climate-change planning being factored into what is viewed as the world model for large-scale ecosystem restoration.