A vacation home built in Glacier National Park next to McDonald Creek will not be torn down because the Montana agency that brought the case has no jurisdiction in the national park, a federal judge ruled Monday.

Thought it's only been three weeks since the change in administrations in Washington, it certainly seems appropriate to question how the Trump administration will support the National Park Service and what long has been regarded as the world's most outstanding National Park System.

It's a well-worn statement that national park friends groups and cooperating associations provide the "margin of excellence" for the parks they support, but the Trump administration's hiring freeze and intentions to cut the federal workforce have raised concerns that they'll be asked to provide more support with less return.

Last summer's subpar monsoon season and a dry start to winter in the Southwest has the National Weather Service warning that there could be a "potentially significant wildfire season" in northern Arizona.