Though some states are seeing spikes in Covid-19 cases, more parks are reopening access to the public. Death Valley National Park has reopened more campgrounds, Zion National Park plans to resume its shuttles this week, and Canyon Mouth Park at Little River Canyon National Preserve is back in business.

There are poachers, and then there are dumb poachers. The dumb ones are those who leave behind evidence of their illegal deed. At Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, the dumb poachers didn't erase the holes they dug to steal more than two dozen Pink Lady Slipper plants.

Princeton University made national news the other day when it took Woodrow Wilson's name off its School of Public and International Affairs because of President Wilson's racist thinking. Might that prod calls to have Jean Lafitte's name removed from Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Louisiana?

A body found Saturday at Colorado National Monument is believed to be that of a man who went for a hike Monday and never returned.