The National Park System has 423 park units, including the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail. Traveler contributing photographer Rebecca Latson continues her Eastern Washington Channeled Scablands exploration of this NGT with a day trip to Frenchman Coulee.
Parks Canada staff have successfully trapped a black bear family that had frequently accessed food sources in the Jasper townsite within Jasper National Park.
Water delivery to Grand Canyon National Park's South and North rims has been restored and the park is beginning a phased approach to easing water restrictions. The amount of water in reservoir tanks is increasing daily, and once sustainable levels are reached the park will continue to ease water restrictions.
Nearly 60 bison of questionable genetic background have been moved off the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and shipped to the Intertribal Buffalo Council, which in turn sent the animals to the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
A new incident management team has taken over for the Chetamon wildfire in Jasper National Park and firefighters heading on days off have been replaced by new crews from other Parks Canada locations.
By the time you read this, the Bullfrog North Ramp at Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area might be closed to houseboats and larger vessels.
Badlands National Park in South Dakota has been ranked as the most accessible park in the National Park System, though that ranking is somewhat deceiving.
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is hosting its 19th Annual Science and History Week through a live webinar series offered September 26-29 at noon MDT on the Microsoft Teams Webinar platform.
The brown bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska sense the change in seasons. Maybe it's the chill in the air, or the salmon run up the Brooks River, but the bears are chowing down on the fish and bulking up for hibernation