In recent years more than $20 million in funding generated through park entrance fees and other fee programs the National Park Service is authorized to implement through the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act has been spent across the national park system.
The National Parks Traveler — a nonprofit media organization that provides daily editorial coverage of America’s most treasured shared spaces: its national parks — seeks committed board members to help the news organization continue its growth.
Between Norris Geyser Basin and Mammoth Hot Springs is an interesting thermal area known as Roaring Mountain. These days, it is quieter than it used to be, but that sense of calm might not last forever.
Jeff Reinbold, a veteran of more than three decades with the National Park Service, will succeed Will Shafroth as CEO and president of the National Park Foundation.
Medical wastes washing ashore at Assateague Island National Seashore in Virginia and Maryland have led to a closure of all ocean-facing beaches to swimming or wading.