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.

The federal government is going to try to return whitebark pine, a threatened species, to parts of Glacier, Grand Teton, and Yellowstone national parks under a program with American Forests that is being funded with $44 million from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Sometimes, you see amazing wildlife during your national park adventure, but you just don’t have the right lens on your camera, or maybe your telephoto lens (or setting) doesn’t far enough reach for a sharp, close-up shot. Go ahead and capture that wildlife image anyway! You’ll have a beautiful landscape shot of the environment in which that wildlife dwells.

OLD FAITHFUL—Liz Adkins saved for four or five months to afford for her family to visit Yellowstone National Park.