The Municipality of Jasper has released a map showing the initial damage assessment of structures impacted by the biggest fire to sweep through Jasper National Park in more than a century. About 30 per cent of the town's structures — 358 of 1,113 — were damaged but critical infrastructure was saved.
Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California closed on Saturday as the Park Fire, a 350,000-acre behemoth, moved closer to the park's western boundary.
Parks Canada estimates fire damage to the townsite in Jasper National Park to be 30 per cent. It has revealed that 358 of 1,113 structures within the Alberta mountain town have been destroyed in the fast-moving blaze that forced the evacuation of 25,000 people.
Overuse of the Government Wash Area of Lake Mead National Recreation Area by visitors who have been staying indefinitely, and resulting damage to cultural resources, crime, and illegal road creation has prompted the National Park Service to close the area to vehicles and overnight campers.
A 70-year-old scuba diver died at Isle Royale National Park while exploring the wreck of the Emperor, a 525-foot-long steel bulk freighter that sank in 1947.
Parks Canada says that all critical infrastructure in Jasper National Park’s townsite has been protected from out-of-control wildfires including the hospital, emergency services building, both elementary and junior/senior schools, activity center and wastewater treatment plant.
A Mexican gray wolf with a penchant for roaming far and wide is being held in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility in New Mexico, apparently because she hasn't produced a litter.
In this British landscape of stunning coastline, clear-running rivers, clean air, and ink-black night skies, the once ubiquitous red squirrel has become something of a unicorn.