A Washington state man who left a boardwalk to approach Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park has been sentenced to seven days in jail and fined $1,500.

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Roughly three weeks after she disappeared during a ski outing above Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park, rangers have recovered the woman's body.

Changing the name of a national park is no easy thing, indeed, it might be impossible. Proof of that can be found in the four fruitless efforts to rename Mount Rainier National Park as Mount Tacoma National Park.