Teenagers with a good eye are being invited to focus their cameras on Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and enter the park's fourth annual Digital Mountain Film Festival.

A backcountry fee system will be implemented in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2013, unless a legal challenge derails it.

Dotting the sandstone floors of the Colorado plateau are countless potholes -- shallow depressions that hold water only for short periods after rains. But during those wet periods, these potholes come to life with a variety of intriguing creatures, including fairy shrimp.

There's more than just changing leaves happening in America’s national parks this fall and here is a small sampling of some of the activities that are taking place during September, October, and November. Pack up the car, grab your Passport To Your National Parks® book, and spend some time exploring the parks this autumn!