More than 160 years after blood was spilled at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the Civil War, another battle is ramping up to prevent the hallowed grounds at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park from being sullied by a massive development that would overshadow the Wilderness Battlefield with residential and commercial development, including a massive data processing center.

An undersea wonderland some 80 miles off the New England coast that bursts with a biodiversity so bountiful that it’s dubbed the Yellowstone of the Atlantic needs better protection, maintain marine ecologists.

The Appalachian Trail stands to be impacted by the recent and shocking cuts to the Park Service and the Forest Service.

What if you only had a day or two, to spend in Yellowstone National Park? Where would you go? What would you photograph? If you decide to travel the park’s 142-mile Grand Loop Road, a figure-eight shaped route through the park interior, you’ll see (and photograph) plenty. Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson gives you an idea of what you might capture with your camera.