The National Park Service laid off approximately 1,000 employees, many of whom were on probationary periods, in February. The layoffs are part of President Trump's efforts to reduce the size of ...

The National Park Service data shows its park sites breaking records in visitor numbers in 2024. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America U.S. Politics Sports ...

A record high 331.8 million people visited national parks last year, bringing billions of tourism dollars to the park gateway communities, according to NPS data published Wednesday.. That’s ...

Colorado protesters, government officials push back against mass federal layoffs 01:56. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday to oppose the recent firings of ...

The programs, which operated at all 63 national parks, monitored air quality and collected data regarding the pollution levels to limit health risks in the parks and protect the wildlife.

In 2023, the National Park Service recorded more than 325.5 million recreational visits, up 13 million over 2022.Those visitors spent roughly $26.4 billion in the gateway communities around the ...

Washington, DC – Today, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks filed a joint amicus brief, ...

An Arizona national park had the third most visitors in 2024 of all the parks in the United States. Here's how many visited and why it's so popular.

In between keeping clueless visitors away from ornery wildlife, cleaning park bathrooms and filling in for departed co-workers, National Park Service employees must add yet another task to their ...

In San Bernadino County, Mojave Desert Land Trust was awarded $577,000 to acquire an 80-acre property south of Yucca Valley within a wildlife corridor that connects Joshua Tree National Park with ...

More than 60 acres of some of Rocky Mountain National Park's most heavily trafficked terrain was set aflame intentionally Tuesday, as firefighters worked a prescribed burn. The burn took place ...

Yellowstone National Park staff trapped and killed an 11-year-old male grizzly bear on May 14 after the bear repeatedly sought out human food sources in developed areas of the park.