By now you've seen the stories about what you'll experience in the National Park System this summer: crowds and long lines to enter parks, dirty restrooms, vandalism, chaos. The question to be asked is what can be done about the cutbacks the Trump administration is making to the National Park Service that will either directly impact your vacation or, possibly behind the scenes, lead to damage to the parks' natural resources.

Most of America’s national park lodges including Old Faithful Inn, El Tovar, Ahwahnee, Jackson Lake Lodge and Many Glacier Hotel were constructed as park lodges.

The National Park Service has released a preview of an upcoming solicitation for proposals to manage commercial operations in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. The 10-year contract will include lodging, food and beverage service, retail and more.

There are "known unknowns" concerning the makeover of the National Park Service that President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficency is orchestrating.