Officials at Padre Island National Seashore invite public comment about a plan to remove feral swine and exotic antelope from the park.

With construction on a new lodge at the Chisos Basin in Big Bend National Park set to begin in May, the area will be closed to the public for about two years.

More than $1 million in grants from the National Park Foundation is allowing investments into the country's national scenic trails and wild and scenic rivers.

Commercial truckers who head onto the Newfound Gap Road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park to bypass storm-damaged roads on routes around the park that straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border are being ticketed by the National Park Service and could face $5,000 fines.