National Park Service Director Chuck Sams violated his agency's "protective mandate" for wildlife when he allowed the Jemez Pueblo to kill a bald or golden eagle inside Valles Caldera National Preserve last fall, according to a number of retired Park Service managers and wildlife biologists.

Emergency repairs to Big Bend National Park's west entrance road are scheduled to begin February 26 and run through March 1, creating access issues through that gate.

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park has announced that the Chilkoot Trail on the U.S. side of the border with Canada will be open to mile 4 for the 2024 season. Work completed by the park last year and this spring will extend the amount of trail that will be open to the public this summer.

As the sun set over the Sonoran Desert, the animals came out to play. The deer grazing among the saguaro were probably mule but could have been white-tailed — it was tough to say at dusk with only mini red-light flashlights in hand instead of binoculars. The bird that perched on a tree branch for a few seconds before flying away had the distinctive silhouette of an owl. There was no mistaking the yips and howls of coyotes.