Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Brooks and Capehart
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
    Education
    • Newshour Classroom
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

We're not going anywhere.

Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on!
Donate now
PBS News

Get news alerts from PBS News

Turn on desktop notifications?

national park service

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Live
Huge trans flag is unfurled by activists from El Capitan in Yosemite

Nation Aug 20

Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag in Yosemite and park visitors may face prosecution

By Matthew Brown, Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

Nation Jul 27

parkscuts
Watch 7:31
How funding cuts to national parks may harm the communities around them

From the towering peaks of Yosemite to the vast canyons of Zion, America’s national parks have long been considered national treasures. But federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration are leaving a mark on these iconic landscapes and the…

By Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young

Nation Feb 25

The main house of the Whitney Plantation is seen through the bars of a steel cage used as a jail in Wallace Louisiana
A Black community in Louisiana was eligible for historic landmark designation. The National Park Service withdrew it from consideration

The agency withdrew the 11-mile stretch of land known as Great River Road from consideration for National Historic Landmark designation at the request of state officials, who celebrated the move as a win for economic development.

By Jack Brook, Associated Press

Politics Feb 21

massfiringsjpg
Watch 4:21
Ex-ranger on how Trump’s mass government firings are affecting the National Park Service

At the direction of the president, Elon Musk and his team are firing federal workers at a breakneck pace. This week, some 6,000 employees are expecting termination notices at the IRS along with more than 5,000 across agencies at Health…

By Laura Barrón-López, Kyle Midura, Shrai Popat

Arts Aug 02

YouAreHere
Watch 7:52
‘You Are Here’ celebrates poetry in the natural world with National Park exhibits

A year-long project by the nation’s poet laureate focuses on the natural world and what’s at stake due to climate change. Ada Limon’s "You Are Here" exhibition will take her to National Parks around the country. Jeffrey Brown spoke with…

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport

Oct 17

Watch 9:14
Search and rescue teams stretched thin with more Americans hitting the outdoors

By Christopher Booker, Mary Fecteau, Mike Fritz

Across the nation, search and rescue teams are mostly made up of a patchwork of volunteers often overseen by local sheriff’s departments. But many of these teams are now struggling to keep up as more Americans than ever are hitting…

Continue watching

Aug 31

Watch 6:45
Artists find inspiration in nature and history of Everglades National Park

By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet

Artists have long taken to the outdoors to do their work. Now, a new program, Artist in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), puts a new emphasis on that important synergy. Jeffrey Brown visited Everglades National Park to see how artists are…

Continue watching

Aug 06

Roads remain closed after record-breaking rains flood Death Valley National Park

By Jacques Billeaud, Michael R. Blood, Associated Press

Hundreds of hotel guests trapped by flash flooding at Death Valley National Park were able to drive out after crews cleared a pathway through rocks and mud, but roads damaged by floodwaters or choked with debris were expected to remain…

Continue reading

Apr 24

Watch 3:40
Betty Reid Soskin, oldest active National Park ranger, retires

By Geoff Bennett

Betty Reid Soskin had the distinction of being the oldest active National Park ranger in the country, until she retired last month at the age of 100. She led public programs at the Rosie the Riveter-WWII Home Front National Historical…

Continue watching

Nov 19

First Indigenous American confirmed to lead National Park Service

By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press

Charles "Chuck" Sams III has said he would work to ensure that Indigenous history of National Park Service lands is included. Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla and lives on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.

Continue reading

Jump to the First Page Previous Page
1 2 3 4
Next Page Jump to the Last Page

Support Provided By: Learn more

web ad

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You
  • Friends of the News Hour
PBS News

© 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • X
  • TikTok
  • Threads
  • RSS

Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Support for News Hour Provided By

  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You