Are you ready for another National Parks Traveler quiz and trivia piece? First one of the New Year, so it’s all about January Notables.

The National Park Service is proposing to boost the horsepower allowed by powerboats on the Jacks Fork and Current rivers at Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri.

Do you enjoy hiking the trails? Do you have extra time to help keep them clear for all to enjoy? If so, then Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee needs you.

Whenever I see photos like the one above, of morning fog rising off a river, it reminds me of my days as a guide on the New River many years ago. If you have a photo along the Obed Wild and Scenic River that can trigger such memories, you might want to enter it in the park's 11th annual photo contest.