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May 16, 2023

Pact grants Minnesota tribes extra leverage in natural resource management

The Superior National Forest has reached an agreement with three Ojibwe tribes in northeastern Minnesota, granting them more negotiating power in natural resource management.

May 16, 2023

Woman found dead at Yellowstone National Park, rangers arrest man

Rangers at Yellowstone National Park arrested a man whom they found near a vehicle that had the body of a woman inside on Saturday, officials said.

May 16, 2023

Wyoming hunter who allegedly killed a grizzly bear near Yellowstone faces a year behind bars

A black bear hunter in Wyoming was charged with killing a grizzly bear outside Yellowstone National Park. The man claimed he mistook the federally protected species for a black bear.

May 15, 2023

West Virginia park system adds hiking, biking trail in New River Gorge

The West Virginia State Park system has added a new biking and hiking trail that provides people with a link to the New River Gorge. Visitors will be able to explore Babcock State Park.

May 15, 2023

California’s Yosemite National Park to close campgrounds over flood threat

Campgrounds near California’s Yosemite National Park will be closed as Sierra Nevada’s snowpack, which accumulated from a series of winter storms, melts from rising temperatures.

May 12, 2023

Grand Canyon National Park renames campground to honor Havasupai Tribe

A campground at the Grand Canyon National Park has been renamed to honor the Havasupai Tribe. The tribe lives in a village on the reservation adjacent to the Grand Canyon.

May 11, 2023

Mountaineers who disappeared near America's highest peak believed dead

Eli Michel and Nafiun Awal are believed dead after having disappeared while attempting to climb the Moose's Tooth in Alaska, just 12 miles from Denali.

May 9, 2023

Montana hiker, 19, found alive days after going missing in Glacier National Park: officials

Matthew Read, 19, set off Friday on the Huckleberry Lookout Trail at Glacier National Park in Montana and was reported missing Sunday. Officials confirmed Tuesday he was located.

May 7, 2023

Virginia teen dies after hole, sand dune collapse on him at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in NC

The National Park Service is looking into the death of a teen buried when a sand dune collapsed at North Carolina's Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

May 5, 2023

Denali National Park employee dies in avalanche

Denali National Park employee Eric Walter has been reported dead after being buried in a Thursday avalanche while he was backcountry skiing.