How's the National Park Service doing on its plan to phase out single-use plastics in parks by 2032? Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility have scored them and found encouraging progress.
Elizabeth Silkes, who has a long history of working with nonprofits and international agencies, has been hired by the Grand Canyon Conservancy to be its next executive director.
As far as the Biden administration is concerned, a proposed Alaska mining road through a U.S. national park and adjacent federal land is kaput. Rejected. Case closed. Or so it was thought.
The privatization of park lodges — occurring since the National Park Service’s inception — has made stays inside the parks unaffordable for many visitors.
The Upper Colorado River Commission has issued a statement advocating that every state in the Colorado River Basin works for a practical, clear-eyed approach to water management following last month's Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas.
A proposed fee increase for private river trips through Grand Canyon National Park if approved will more than triple the cost to individuals, with the revenues targeted to help with river restoration and mitigation projects.
Many of us like to take a walk in our favorite national park, whether it’s a short stroll down one of the boardwalks at Yellowstone National Park, the hike to the top of Old Rag at Shenandoah National Park, or up the Mist Trail at Yosemite National Park, we like to get out and experience parks up close.
Another break in the pipeline that carries water from the North Rim to the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park has forced water conservation measures to be implemeneted on the South Rim.