Firefighters continue to battle the fire that started in Yellowstone National Park last Sunday near Beach Lake. By late Wednesday night the fire was 515 acres in size and was less than 25% contained. All park roads, entrances, and facilities remain open and no trails or backcountry campsites are impacted.

With long, harsh winters, and short, gorgeous summers, it's a fact of construction life in the Rockies that most road work coincides with summer vacations. And, unfortunately, that's the case in Grand Teton National Park, where a number of necessary projects could delay your travels through the park.

A fire burning in the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park not far from the Bridge Bay Campground was nearing 400 acres in size, park officials said Tuesday.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials announced Tuesday that the agency will take a closer look at whether whitebark pine trees, a key food source for some grizzly bear populations as well as birds and squirrels, need protection under the Endangered Species Act.