Preserving historic battlefields, purchasing inholdings, acquiring wildlife habitat, and purchased water rights are among the National Park Service projects the Biden administration wants to tackle with nearly $57 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for Fiscal 2022.

A brutal heat wave, coupled with a long-running drought, has many national parks in the Western half of the country enduring broiling temperatures and increased fire danger. Temperatures Wednesday at Death Valley National Park could reach 128 degrees at Furnace Creek, the National Park Service said, while fire danger at Grand Teton National Park inched up to "high."

A virtual meeting will be held Tuesday to discuss a new climbing management plan for Joshua Tree National Park. The public meeting will be held on Zoom, April 20, from 6 p.m.–8 p.m.

There have been, and continue to be, women who played key roles in establishing national parks or who are honored by parks that bear their name or were influenced by their work, or had positions with the National Park Service. How many do you know?