The drinking water situation worsened Friday at Grand Canyon National Park, where officials are phasing in another level of water conservation that will impact restrooms and RV dump and fill stations in the park's campgrounds.

Six million wild acres, a mountain that tests the world's best mountaineers, and a landscape that can reach deep into your heart with its character are phrases that help define Denali National Park and Preserve, but it can take a lifetime to truly understand and appreciate this place.

Volunteer sweat combined with rakes and 750 gallons of water seem to have been successful in erasing vehicle tracks joyriders left on the playa known as the "Racetrack" in Death Valley National Park.

Higher fees, possible new units to the National Park System, and talk of reviving the Bluffs Restaurant along the Blue Ridge Parkway are just some of the matters around the National Park System that caught our eye this week.