It's not every day you can write a story that puts Bruce Springsteen inside the National Park System, but he and others were honored the other day with Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards.

An oil plume from the well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to wash ashore at Gulf Islands National Seashore by Saturday morning, and crews are working to be ready for that event.

If you enjoy bicycling but it's not convenient to haul your pedal powered ride on vacation, the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will soon offer a new option: bicycle rentals. The bikes will have a big advantage over your car—they can take you places in the park where private vehicles aren't allowed.

Another national park arch has collapsed. Not one of the famous ones at Arches National Park, but rather one of the icons at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.