With the National Park Service ranks withered by terminations, seasonal hiring hiccups, resignations, and retirements, will you notice the impact on your national park excursion?

Sea ducks such as Common eiders, grassland birds such as Western meadowlarks and Lark buntings, and forest species such as Pinyon jays in the West and Bachman's sparrow in the East are among a wide variety of bird species that are in serious declines, according to the 2025 State of the Birds report.

A federal judge's ruling Thursday that the National Park Service must rehire any employees who were wrongfully fired on Valentine's Day was praised by park advocates.

Public input is being sought on a plan by the National Park Service and Washington State Transportation Department on a proposed project within the Mount Rainier Wilderness that seeks to reduce the risk of flooding and erosion to a segment of State Route 410 (SR 410) adjacent to the White River in Mount Rainier National Park.