National Parks Traveler

Glacier National Park officials have decided they will not turn to a reservation system for controlling crowds in their park this summer.

A nearly-century old backcountry patrol cabin in Glacier National Park was lost to a fire that is being investigated as suspicious, one of four fires that were reported Thursday morning.

The last round of mountain goat removal from Olympic National Park in Washington is scheduled to begin July 27, with lethal removal to begin in the fall.

Is there really a need for 13 miles of mountain bike trails, with more asphalt and supporting infrastructure, to be cut into an undisturbed section of the Foothills Parkway at Great Smoky Mountains National Park? How would the "experience of riding a narrow roller-coaster with a rhythm of twists and turns" enhance the visitor experience at this wondrous realm of nature?

Passage of the Great American Outdoors Act on Wednesday by the House of Representatives sends the legislation to President Trump, whose signature will provide both $6.5 billion to help the National Park Service deal with its maintenance backlog but also fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

A band of dirt bike riders shredded through an open field along historic Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park that is part of a long-running restoration project to erase thousands of acres of hayfields that once grew there.

A 20-year-old climber fell several hundred feet to his death on an off-trail climbing route in Glacier National Park in Montana.

Unspecified structural issues with the highway overpass at Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park were causing traffic delays Wednesday.

The superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hitting the trail again, and he wants the public to join him.

In cooperation with state and local partners, and with increased warm temperatures and dry weather conditions, the Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park, under the guidance of the Olympic Interagency Fire Management Team, have moved to moderate fire danger conditions on federal public lands.