America’s history is as complex as it is beautiful—a kaleidoscope of triumphs, trials, terrors and truths. Yet, for far too long, our national storytelling has left out critical threads, particularly those woven by Black Americans, whose stories of resilience, ingenuity, and struggle are integral to the fabric of this nation.
Legislators in two Western states have their eyes on federal lands, with the Wyoming Legislature being asked to approve a resolution that all federal lands inside the Cowboy State, except Yellowstone National Park, be turned over, while Utah legislators are being asked to get behind a measure calling for them to "co-manage" the national parks in their state.
A recent U.S. Geological Survey study projects that rising sea levels and stronger, more intense storms will exacerbate four specific coastal hazards and associated management challenges for Cape Lookout National Seashore.
If you like to explore the underbelly of the National Park System, you can now do that at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, where work to upgrade the elevator system that drops you down into the cave has been completed.
Public safety in the National Park System could be jeopardized if a significant number of key National Park Service personnel decide to take the deferred resignation offer being dangled by the Trump administration as a way to reduce the federal workforce.