How sea level rise might impact Kemp's ridley sea turtles at Padre Island National Seashore in Texas will be studied by seashore staff thanks to $153,000 in funding from the National Park Service.

Wolverines, which, aside from a straggler that passed through Rocky Mountain National Park in 2009, have been missing from Colorado since the early 1900s, but an effort moving through the state's legislature could launch a recovery program for the ferocious carnivores.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management intends to block a mine road proposed to cross Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska, determining that there's no evidence the proposed mine could be economically viable.

One of the greatest collections of seabirds can be found at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska, with nearly 300 species and thousands of individual birds flocking to the park's waters and islands. With nesting season for seabirds coming up, the park is temporarily closing four islands to foot traffic and restricting boats from approaching closer than 100 yards to the islands.