To be clear, an act of Congress with a signature by a U.S. president (the pathway to official status) did not confer the ...

Tested by the valley's extreme summertime heat, the flowering shrub Arizona honeysweet (Tidestromia oblongifolia) thrives.

Some furloughed National Park workers are being paid with private, state and local government funds so Western NC doesn’t ...

A group working to find the graves of Veterans in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has identified three more veterans ...

Visitors have questions about the country’s most-visited national park amid the government shutdown. Here’s what’s open and ...

National Park College has furloughed three full-time employees after receiving notice from Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob ...

Some you may see, some you might only hear, but you're sure to have encounters with some of these species in Rocky Mountain ...

Some worry the Trump administration may use efforts by entities outside the U.S. government to fill operational gaps at ...

Unlike some of the more well-known national parks in the West, this one feels like a well-kept secret. There are no endless lines of cars or shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. Instead, the moment you roll ...

For families traveling to one of the parks, it's a smart bet to include time in nearby gateway cities and consider what they ...

The nonprofit's president mostly provided previously reported information about its role in shepherding donations for the ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park will close U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road and Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail at 6 p.m. Nov.