Cumberland Island National Seashore seeks public comment on four proposed land exchanges within the park boundary.

Overhead, turkey vultures and hawks circle looking for prey. Underfoot, snakes, salamanders and turtle hatchlings do their best to stay hidden. All around, young trees — thousands of them — dot the landscape of what was once a rock quarry and is now part of a project to plant two billion trees across Canada.

After 11 days, a search-and-rescue effort to find missing hiker Austin King in Yellowstone National Park has been scaled back to a recovery mission.

While cleanup from Tropical Storm Helene continues in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Newfound Gap Road that crosses the park from Tennessee to North Carolina is scheduled to reopen Wednesday morning.