Paperwork sometimes can take awhile. To that point, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just this week completed work to relist grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, a listing a federal judge called for last September.

One of the most popular summer destinations at Grand Teton National Park is String Lake, just north of Jenny Lake. That popularity, though, has created more than a few incidents with visitors and bears in the area, and the park staff has stepped up with some management changes to improve the safety for both species and better protect the natural resources there.

This past winter left quite a bit of snow in many national parks in the West, and that snow continues to pose problems for some visitors. A 17-year-old from Houston, Texas, discovered that while climbing in Grand Teton National Park.

While many experts agree that a defined “fire season” no longer exists, summer remains hot, hot, hot across the United States and within the National Park System. Across our protected lands, rangers and National Park Service staff are taking extra precautions to both prevent fires while fighting blazes once they erupt.