Two plants that live on California’s Channel Islands and nowhere else on earth —the Santa Cruz Island Dudleya and island bedstraw— have been declared fully recovered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service due to the collaborative efforts of conservation partners and no longer require Endangered Species Act protections. The delisting of the two species arrives as the Endangered Species Act celebrates 50 years of conservation in 2023.

Emergency funding through the Fiscal Year 23 Disaster Supplemental appropriation will enable Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to embark on a number of projects, including a new Colorado River takeout ramp for boaters at Hite, Utah.

From the quiet confines of an archaeological crypt under Dufferin Terrace in Québec City, I point my camera up towards a glass dormer called an “archaescope” and capture what feels like a unique shot of the most photographed hotel in the world.

Three more California condors could be flying over Redwood National and State Parks late this week as part of a partnership between the Yurok Tribe and the National Park Service.