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As Lake Powell continues to shrink, another access point for boaters at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is closing.
At least three separate incidents of visitors feeding bears were reported in the past week at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
A campfire ban and other restrictions are in place at Great Basin National Park as the risk of wildfires rises.
Visitors to Yellowstone National Park, which has escaped a major wildfire so far this summer despite hundreds of lightning strikes, will have to be even more careful with fire under new restrictions ...
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Forty years ago, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the Colorado River system, held much more water than they do now. The decrease puts pressure on water users across much of the ...
The writer Isabel Wilkerson once wrote that, in pursuit of a story, she doesn’t do formal interviews. Instead, she has conversations.
The ferocious Dragon Bravo fire was 29% contained as of Thursday morning, more than double from the day before.
A mechanical issue that's preventing water from being pumped to the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park led Saturday to further restrictions on water use there.
Roughly half of Newfound Gap Road across Great Smoky Mountains National Park remains closed due to a partial washout of the route, though officials hope repairs can be completed by early October.
More than 30 sites in the Julian Price Campground on the Blue Ridge Parkway will reopen on August 15. The campground, located at milepost 297 on the parkway near Blowing Rock, North Carolina, has been ...
Gusty winds helped the country's largest wildfire jump containment lines on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, while extremely dry fuels challenged firefighters trying to make progress ...