Mar 05 Senators reach $2 billion deal to boost national park conservation By Matthew Daly, Associated Press If approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump, it would provide for spending more than $2 billion per year on conservation and outdoor recreation projects and park maintenance across the country. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 2:15 Yosemite 'firefall' slows to a trickle amid drought By Christopher Booker, Michael D. Regan, Mori Rothman A natural spectacle called "firefall" happens each February in California's Yosemite National Park when light from the setting sun strikes the park's Horsetail Falls, making it look like it's ablaze with fire. But this year the waterfall slowed to a… Continue watching
Dec 12 Invasive animals pose 'deep and immediate threat' to U.S. national parks, study finds By Elisheva Mittelman, Yale Environment 360 More than half of all U.S. National Parks are overrun with invasive animal species, such as rats, pythons and feral hogs, according to a new study. Continue reading
Aug 30 Electric bicycles could be coming to national park trails By Ellen Knickmeyer, David Sharp, Associated Press Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has signed an order that classifies e-bikes as non-motorized bikes, allowing the-bikes on every federal trail where a regular bicycles can go. Continue reading
Jul 26 U.S. government to allow off-roading at a Utah national monument By Brady McCombs, Associated Press The plan was met by immediate criticism from environmental and tribal organizations who say it will leave sensitive lands and sites vulnerable to damage. Continue reading
Apr 15 Lead poisoning kills first Yellowstone golden eagle fitted with tracker By Associated Press Officials say the first golden eagle in Yellowstone National Park to be fitted with a tracking device has died. Scientists suspect the adult female may have eaten carrion containing lead bullet fragments. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 1:30 Held up by the shutdown: Aid to farmers, IPO filings, trash collection at national parks Effects of the federal government's partial shutdown are rippling across the country. With USDA offices closed, farmers can't apply for loans or the federal aid President Trump pledged to offset losses from the trade war with China. IPO filings are… Continue watching
Dec 31 National parks suffer vandalism, overflowing toilets during government shutdown By Ellen Knickmeyer, Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press "You're looking at Yosemite Falls and in front of you is plastic bottles and trash bags."… Continue reading
Jul 18 Popular National Parks experience as much ozone pollution as major cities By Daniel Ackerman, Scientific American A new study shows ozone levels in National Parks are similar to the levels in the largest U.S. cities. But most of this ozone may originate outside of the parks. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 4:36 National Parks work to welcome more diverse Americans By Tyler Fingert The incredible views in America's national parks are seen largely by a specific demographic. Visitors are overwhelmingly white, with just one in 10 being Hispanic and 7 percent African-American. Special correspondent Tyler Fingert from the Cronkite School of Journalism reports… Continue watching