I had a short conversation with Charles Sams, the new director of the National Park Service who is getting his bearings in Washington with the agency. Understandably, as he’s being briefed on the multitude of issues across the National Park System and Park Service, the conversation didn’t dig deeply into many topics he found waiting for him.

Known to many as “Pele’s Grandson,” Alexander (“Alex” or “Alec”) Lancaster guided both tourists and scientists to Hawai‘i’s volcanoes for over forty years, from 1885 to 1928.

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.