A company better known in ski circles than in the National Park System has won the 10-year contract to operate the Zion Lodge, pushing out a concessionaire that had operated the concession for 52 years.

Accessing frozen lakes in Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota by vehicle for ice fishing has been a recreational outlet longer than the park has existed. While the National Park Service long has had regulations pertaining to ice driving, it needs to update them to specify where street legal vehicles can drive on the lakes.

A 23-year-old Colorado man who reportedly summited Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park failed to return as planned, sparking a search effort Monday by park rangers.

A historic tram tower built more than a century ago to haul salt out of Death Valley was recently toppled in Death Valley National Park, possibly by a motorist who attached a winch to the tower to pull a vehicle out of the muck, according to park staff.