Fears that the coronavirus pandemic could cripple their cultural knowledge by striking their elders prompted the Blackfeet Nation to effectively close the eastern side of Glacier National Park through the summer and into the fall.

How much do you know about national park botany? Test your tree-plant-flower knowledge with this latest national parks quiz and trivia piece.

Though some states are seeing spikes in Covid-19 cases, more parks are reopening access to the public. Death Valley National Park has reopened more campgrounds, Zion National Park plans to resume its shuttles this week, and Canyon Mouth Park at Little River Canyon National Preserve is back in business.

There are poachers, and then there are dumb poachers. The dumb ones are those who leave behind evidence of their illegal deed. At Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, the dumb poachers didn't erase the holes they dug to steal more than two dozen Pink Lady Slipper plants.