The U.S. Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service redefined “secure habitat” for grizzlies within Montana's Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, changing the standard from a 2,500-acre minimum ...

Park acreage/hectares within the legislative park boundary, with an additional 140 acres lying outside the boundary. The number of animal species found within the park. This includes 65 mammal species ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday ordered that the National Park Service ensure that the National Park System "is properly staffed to support the operating hours and needs of each park unit." ...

The Endangered Species Committee, also known as the "God Squad," has the power to override the Endangered Species Act and condemn species to extinction. It is rarely convened, but recent developments ...

New advances in satellite data and machine learning algorithms developed while observing an eruption at Mauna Loa in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park are helping scientists more accurately predict lava ...

Hidden on the Blue Ridge Parkway spur is a Masonic Marker dating back to 1938. Freemasons gather here gather here every year to hear an address from their leader.

National parks have been an aspirational best idea of the American people. The parks may not be absolutely democratic, but their history has evolved toward a better reflection of the nation’s people.

More than two dozen old, deteriorating, and unneeded buildings, from outhouses and houses to hen houses and smokehouses, are being proposed for demolition at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve ...

A huge new transit and welcome center quietly opened this month, launching a high-stakes effort by Acadia National Park and key partners to persuade more visitors to take the park’s fare-free shuttle ...

The Department of the Interior has refused to release documents related to Freedom 250, prompting Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility to file a lawsuit in the United States District ...

Wood Stork The wood stork, a South Atlantic wading bird, is brand new to the ranks of species that made it off the ESA list. The only stork species that breeds in the United States, it was delisted in ...

Several upcoming changes to inner canyon operations will go into effect in the coming weeks at Grand Canyon National Park, including trail and campground reopenings and ongoing closures related to ...