Parks Canada says that all critical infrastructure in Jasper National Park’s townsite has been protected from out-of-control wildfires including the hospital, emergency services building, both elementary and junior/senior schools, activity center and wastewater treatment plant.

In this British landscape of stunning coastline, clear-running rivers, clean air, and ink-black night skies, the once ubiquitous red squirrel has become something of a unicorn.

An Interior Department appropriations bill passed by the House of Representatives contains deep cuts for the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Environmental Protection Agency, and rolls back wildlife protections, according to advocacy groups.

There is so much more to a unit of the National Park System than just the landscape or wildlife. There is history, too, and that history often includes beautiful landscapes and cool wildlife. How you frame those photos will either capture your viewing audience’s attention or cause them to nod politely at each photo without spending much time really looking at them.