Aaron Flint, a Trump-endorsed veteran running to replace outgoing Montana Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke, has publicly vowed to protect federal public lands, even as his past comments demonstrate an ...

As of this writing, there are 397 national parks -- or as some might prefer to say, 397 National Park System units. The National Park System would be even larger had it not been for a bit of pruning ...

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 ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended proposed cuts to the National Park System during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee hearing.

A recent U.S. Geological Survey study projects that rising sea levels and stronger, more intense storms will exacerbate four specific coastal hazards and associated management challenges for Cape ...

Mount Rainier can be deadly, but death is hardly what prevents most from succeeding up the glacier-shrouded volcano. Although climbing carries inherent risks, it’s not how most deaths in the sprawling ...

The National Park Service recorded more than 323 million recreation visits in 2025 / NPS, Wil Marischen. The National Park Service recorded more than 323 million recreation visits in 2025, including ...

President Donald Trump in his Fiscal 2026 budget proposal is calling for some units of the National Park System to be transferred to "state-level management, a suggestion that would need Congressional ...

The garter snake shoots me the side-eye as I arrive at Fort McNab National Historic Site and inadvertently disturb the peace. Endangered barn swallows swoop confidently about, almost as if they know ...

The Florida panther was officially listed as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act on March 11, 1967. At the time it was thought that fewer than two dozen individuals remained ...

The Yellowstone volcanic system is well known for being the source for some of the largest volcanic eruptions on Earth. About 631,000 years ago, an eruption about 1,000 times bigger than the 1980 ...

President Donald Trump's fiscal 2027 budget proposal for the National Park Service raises more questions than delivers answers for the agency, which is heading into a potentially combustible summer in ...