Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in southern Utah and northern Arizona covers 1.25 million acres, but fewer than 125,000 acres have been surveyed for archaeological sites using modern standards, according to the National Park Service.

It’s almost the end of 2023 and time for a recap of the photo articles written for the National Parks Traveler over the course of this year.

More than two dozen old, deteriorating, and unneeded buildings, from outhouses and houses to hen houses and smokehouses, are being proposed for demolition at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia.

Yellowstone serves as an outdoor laboratory, offering invaluable insights across numerous scientific fields such as geology, hydrology, biology, ecology, and archaeology. But conducting research there is no small feat, especially in areas frequently traversed by bison, which can unwittingly become formidable obstacles to scientific efforts.