A hiker carrying a handgun in his pack shot himself at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado when the gun discharged when he set the pack down on a rock at Emerald Lake.
Take a close listen next time you visit a national park. What do you hear? What can you hear? We’ll share some of the sounds in a minute in this week's episode with hopes they inspire you to let your ears play a greater role in your enjoyment during your national park visit.
More than 2 million pounds of microplastics, the equivalent of 123 million plastic bottles, settle on national parks and other public lands in the West each year, adding to the growing pollution loads these protected areas carry, according to a new study.
If you were lucky enough to land a reservation to enter Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, you'll be able to drive Trail Ridge Road, barring any late season snowstorms of course.
Most national park lodges operated by Xanterra Travel Collection are scheduled to reopen by June 15, with one at Grand Canyon National Park reopening Friday.
Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado started to slowly reopen to the public on Wednesday, with staff monitoring visitors' behavior to determine which areas remain open and how many people will be allowed in the park.
While Rocky Mountain National Park officials plan to reopen their park on Wednesday, they're hoping to control visitor traffic through a reservation approach that must be approved by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.