A stretch of the John Muir Trail in Yosemite National Park has been covered by a rockfall that has covered about 1,000 feet of trail and which will take weeks to clear.
Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida has reopened the campground as scheduled after dredging the Fort Jefferson moat and redistributing sand that had built up from several hurricanes.
The Cedar Run Trail in the central section of Shenandoah National Park will be closed for repairs for about two weeks beginning May 6. The trail has completely washed out and poses a fall risk for hikers, a park release said.
A controversial plan to remove feral horses from Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota was killed Thursday, the National Park Service announced.
A plan to recover grizzly bears in the North Cascades ecosystem in Washington will move forward, the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday.
As part of ongoing grizzly bear and black bear research and management efforts and as required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the U.S. Geological Survey, in conjunction with the National Park Service, is working to inform the public that scientific capture operations are once again about to begin within Yellowstone National Park.
A search was underway Wednesday along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park for a man and his dog who might be floating down the river on a makeshift wooden raft.
Though Costa Rica wins praise for its commitment to healthy ecosystems, a look beneath the surface reveals struggles to keep faith with the nation’s conservation ideal.