Senator Chuck Schumer held a press conference at Saratoga National Historical Park on Monday in a push to restore federal funding for national parks.

In a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks expressed concern for the preservation of historical integrity in the face of major alterations ...

As parks welcome back their furloughed staff, some are voicing concern about the challenges that await staff members as they begin the process of assessing any damage that may have occurred during ...

The National Park Service will recruit up to 500 experienced law enforcement officers to work in national parks across the country.

Charles "Chuck" Sams came to the National Park Service's directorship as an outsider being counted on to improve employee morale, fight harassment in the agency, oversee how millions of Great American ...

A young black bear trapped on a steep bank was helped by a coordinated park team and a backhoe / NPS file. When park officials in Great Smoky Mountains National Park received word that a young black ...

On a summer visit to Olympic National Park’s high alpine destination, Hurricane Ridge, the first thing many visitors notice is the panoramic view of rocky peaks, lingering snowfields, meadows stitched ...

A new report from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation found that wildlife conservation generates substantial economic benefits.

Your support for the National Parks Traveler comes at a time when news organizations are finding it hard, if not impossible, to stay in business. Traveler's work is vital. For nearly two decades we've ...

What exactly is a "Jefferson National Expansion Memorial"? That apparently is one of the reasons there's a new "national park" in the National Park System, Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis. But ...

The Oak Flat and Uplands trails on the South Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park have reopened after months of closure following the South Rim fire in the park.

But many endured in Nicodemus, which the Park Service notes is "the oldest continuously occupied town west of the Mississippi planned and settled by African Americans." Though the initial occupants of ...