Interior Department officials have appealed a federal judge's order that they rehire employees, including those from the National Park Service, who were fired earlier this year.

The future of a partially completed home built next to a creek in Glacier National Park in Montana remains uncertain, as a federal magistrate's ruling allowing the house to remain is being appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

With the National Park Service ranks withered by terminations, seasonal hiring hiccups, resignations, and retirements, will you notice the impact on your national park excursion?

Sea ducks such as Common eiders, grassland birds such as Western meadowlarks and Lark buntings, and forest species such as Pinyon jays in the West and Bachman's sparrow in the East are among a wide variety of bird species that are in serious declines, according to the 2025 State of the Birds report.