A U.S. senator from California wants a review of how recreation.gov serves the American public trying to reserve a variety of activities across public lands managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and other land-management agencies.

With housing woes for National Park Service employees not expected to be resolved in the near term, Friends of Acadia continues its work to find, or create, housing for Acadia National Park employees.

A 52-year-old father and his 23-year-old daughter perished in Canyonlands National Park in Utah after getting lost and running out of water in 100°+ Fahrenheit heat, according to the park.

Mechanical problems forced a flightseeing plane with nine aboard to make a forced landing inside Denali National Park and Preserve, with the aircraft coming down near the Tokositna Glacier. No injuries were reported in the incident