The long holiday weekend might not be the best time to visit Sequoia or Kings Canyon national parks, as recent storms have damaged roads and spawned mudslides, and more harsh weather is in the forecast.

Backcountry areas of Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota will be closed to hikers from January 17 to February 17, twenty-four hours a day except on weekends. This closure will allow park staff to undertake a management operation to reduce the presence of chronic wasting disease in the park’s Rocky Mountain elk population.

The ongoing series of storms that has dropped more than 400 percent of the normal amount of rain California might expect has impacted multiple National Park System sites in the state. Here's a glance of some of the impacts and closures:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposal to commit $3.5 billion over the next four years towards the restoration of the Everglades ecosystem drew praise from The Everglades Foundation as well as the Everglades Trust.