National Park Service researchers have added two mountain lion kittens to a long-running study of the species in and around the Santa Monica Mountains. The siblings, a female and male named P-59 and P-60, were found by National Park Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists earlier this month in the central portion of the range.

A major milestone was achieved at Acadia National Park when Wayne and Charlene Ferguson and Annie, their Yorkshire terrier, boarded the Oceanarium bus route of the Island Explorer, a fare-free, propane-powered bus system that serves the park and its surrounding communities on Mount Desert Island and the Schoodic Peninsula.

Susan LaPierre, co-chair of the National Rifle Association's Leadership Forum and wife of NRA Executive Director Wayne LaPierre, has landed a seat on the National Park Foundation's board of directors.

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in New Hampshire will host its eighth annual Star Party in partnership with the Springfield Telescope Makers of the Stellafane Observatory in Springfield, Vermont, from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, September 2.