Rapidly drying out vegetation prompted Zion National Park officials to announce fire restrictions beginning Saturday.

Spring runoff out of the Rocky Mountains has raised the water level of Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area by 32 feet over the past three weeks, and the level should continue to rise in the coming weeks, prompting the National Park Service to warn visitors to keep rising water levels in mind.

The Biden administration is poised to allow a massive wind turbine farm to be erected in central Idaho not far from Minidokda National Historic Site, a National Park System unit that housed more than 13,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, a decision that immediately drew criticism.

There are plenty of "adoption" programs around the country — adopt a section of highway to clean up, or maybe a city park — and now you can adopt a section of beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.