Two House subcommittees concerned over why the National Park System's deferred maintenance backlog is not shrinking were scheduled to meet Wednesday with officials from the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Interior Department's Inspector General (IG) to discuss the matter, but no one from the National Park Service.

An exhibit tracing the work of Civilian Conservation Corps crews at Scotts Bluff National Monument is now on display in the park in western Nebraska.

With snowstorms beginning to rake the Rockies, the rangers at Rocky Mountain National Park are ready to lead you on a snowshoe jaunt in the park.

The John Muir tree is in serious trouble. The giant sequoia towers 80 feet over the landscape, but its vibe is scrawny — a scarred trunk beneath a skimpy top half, where sparse branches wear scraggly foliage. Gone is the bushy canopy seen in its historic photos. Needles are entirely brown, not a good look for an evergreen’s mantle.