There are quite a few parks associations out there, all with programs to enrich a visitor’s experience while explaining how important national parks and protected lands are. This particular quiz focuses on parks and other protected lands supported by the Western National Parks Association across 12 Western states. See just how much you know about some of these parks before checking the answers at the bottom of the page.

What do you think of the National Park Service efforts to extend cellphone coverage in the National Park System. While phone coverage is nice, it also increases the amount of social media activity in the parks, which is not always so nice.

For the first time in seven decades, peregrine falcons have successfully nested this year in the Milford Cliffs area of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Historic nesting pairs were first reported on these cliffs in the 1940s and 1950s. No nests have been identified at this site until now.