National Park Friends Alliance appoints long-time park supporter Katie Nyberg to the role of Executive Director.

Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem will not lose their protections under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday, though the agency also proposed to clarify exactly where the bears enjoy those protections.

A lawsuit Montana filed against the Interior Department and Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly claims the Park Service long has ignored Montana's concerns over free-roaming bison, but park correspondence says otherwise.

Lassen Volcanic National Park has issued a Finding Of No Significant Impact for its development plans for Manzanita Lake.