Raise the prospect of expanding the National Park System and you'll like illicit one of two responses, either, "That's great!," or, "Why bother, the National Park Service doesn't have the staffing or funding it needs to properly maintain what it has."
It was a warm, sunny day at Veterans Lake in Chickasaw National Recreation Area: butterflies fluttering, frogs hopping, and birds singing. I stepped to the edge of the lake, a long-handled net in my hand. I poked it into the algae-filled water, jabbing at plants rooted in the muck. I pulled the net up and peered insid
If one looks to distant continents, they will see deserts and mountains, many similar to ours. Carved in stone are wildlife figures, some 10,000 years old. The inscriptions celebrate the essence of being – spirit, animal, earth, and sky.
Parks Canada has announced that it acquired l’Île du Havre de Mingan last year, one of three private islands that had not yet been annexed to Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve during its establishment in Quebec.
Spring runoff continues to raise the elevation of Lake Powell at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah, where National Park Service staff say the Halls Crossing Boat Ramp can now be used by all watercraft.