A draft plan crafted to see grizzly bears restored to the North Cascades Ecosystem of Washington state proposes to release bears that would be treated as a "nonessential experimental population," a designation that would provide more options for managing the species, which currently is protected under the Endangered Species Act. The last confirmed sighting of a grizzly bear in the U.S. portion of the ecosystem was in 1996.

Removing feral horses and cattle from Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota would benefit native species of wildlife, birds, and vegetation, according to a study concerning how to manage the livestock.

A few areas of Big Bend National Park in Texas will be closed beginning October 3 to allow for removal of non-native aoudad sheep.

Beneath South Dakota's Black Hills, just 30 miles from the busy crowds at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, lies a world of deep passages, pristine lakes, and unique geologic features at Jewel Cave National Monument.