There is little chance you'll overlook an elephant seal on the beaches of Point Reyes National Seashore.

It’s easy for photographers to remove trash they see in their images with sophisticated photo editing, but not so easy for Yellowstone National Park personnel to physically remove that trash from fragile hydrothermal features. A team of dedicated cleanup staff is used for that task, and Traveler contributing photographer Rebecca Latson found out what entails these clean ups.

Plan ahead for your visit to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park as there's a lot going on this January.

Nearly 70 co-management agreements between tribes and the Interior Department were signed this year, bringing to 400 the number of agreements signed by the Biden administration.