Work is progressing to reconnect Yellowstone National Park to Gardiner and Cooke City/Silver Gate in Montana, the three communities that were the most impacted by devastating flooding in June that shredded the roads linking those towns to the park.
A search is underway at Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota for the presence of zebra mussels, an invasive species that can wreck havoc with ecosystems.
Beavers fueled an 18th and 19th century rush to the Western half of North America by mountain men, and veered towards extinction due to that, before making a comeback in the 20th century. Today, while many communities view the rodents as nuisances that dam creeks and chew down trees, the National Park Service is turning to these ecological engineers to revive wetlands in the National Park System.
Federal land managers are coordinating their management of paleontological resources on public lands, a process designed to improve not just protection of fossils but also to provide for a consistent approach in inventorying and monitoring these resources.
A section of Assateague Island National Seashore's beachfront has been temporarily closed due to the presence of unexploded ordnance that has come to the surface there.
Too many people hoping to glimpse a closeup of what is considered the world's tallest tree, located in Redwood National and State Parks, have prompted the National Park Service to resort to a $5,000 fine and possible jail time to discourage the experience.