A rockfall early Friday along the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway closed access to Zion National Park from the eastern side of the park.

Five more fishers have been released into the forests of Olympic National Park, just the latest released in a nearly two decades-long project to restore the native species to Washington State.

A small section of Sequoia National Park, which has been closed since mid-September by wildfires, is set to reopen Thursday.

Though the coronavirus pandemic sent crowds into the National Park System and elsewhere in the great outdoors, the pandemic took a roughly $100 billion toll on the outdoor industry due to supply chain problems, loss of international travelers, and decisions by many travelers to postpone their adventures.