Taking advantage of what the Biden administration maintains were "legal deficiencies" in oil and gas leases in the Artcic National Wildlife Refuge granted by the Trump administration, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Wednesday canceled seven leases there while the U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued a proposed regulation to rewrite oil and gas leasing operations for the nearby National Petroleum Reserve No. 4 that would "ensure maximum protection" for more than 13 million acres in the reserve.

As the autumn season approaches, operations in Glacier National Park in Montana will start winding down.

From now until mid-October, Jasper National Park is noisy with the bugling calls of bull elk, which sound like a high-pitched roar followed by low coughs or grunts.

Anybody who has ever camped at Flamingo in the Everglades has first hand experience with the relentless hordes of mosquitos. As a tent camper I’ve had mosquitos practically carry me away even in January. But there is now a more civilized Everglades alternative.