With the continued growth of the Cerro Pelado wildfire in New Mexico, firefighters were to work Thursday on protecting structures at Bandelier National Monument and Valles Caldera National Preserve from the approaching flames.
Work along the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park to enhance the visitor experience, improve safety, restore the resilience of riparian areas, improve infrastructure, and emphasize accessibility for all is moving into phase two.
Long-awaited restoration of the Big Spring Lodge and Cabins at Ozark National Scenic Riverways is expected to get underway in the near future now that a contract has been issued for the project.
To give the native fisheries in the Elwha River and its tributaries in Olympic National Park more time to recover, a closure on recreational and commercial fishing on those waters has been extended through June 2023.
After two years of pandemic delays, Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Team has returned to the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site in Nunavut to conduct archaeological work related to the exploration and conservation of these fabled ships.
Efforts by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to make it easier to visit and enjoy federal lands managed by the Interior and Agriculture departments make strides in the right direction, but also raise troubling questions when it comes to the protection of the National Park System and the workload and resources for the staff-strained National Park Service, according to the National Parks and Conservation Association.
Whether you visited Acadia once or many times in 2021, chances are you noted an uptick in the number of visitors in the park. Now, that uptick is quantified: Acadia National Park set a record of 4.07 million estimated visits in 2021.
Two dams in the Virgin River inside Zion National Park in Utah will be removed to improve fisheries with funds from the Biden administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.