The need to make a reservation to enter Arches National Park in Utah goes away next week, although you should expect to encounter crowded conditions if you plan to visit.

Hurricane Ian's exact track still hasn't been firmly nailed down, but the National Park Service is closing parts of Gulf Islands National Seashore in northern Florida as a precaution.

National Park Service leaders along with representatives from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, numerous statewide and regional partners in land conservation, and other local leaders marked National Public Lands Day by celebrating ongoing conservation efforts protecting the Blue Ridge Parkway at and around Waterrock Knob.

A small seismic swarm of over 38 earthquakes is ongoing beneath the summit of Mauna Loa volcano in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.