May 7, 2021 Washington man accused of lying about Grand Canyon group hike A Washington state man is accused of defying federal regulations that limit the number of people who can hike rim-to-rim at Grand Canyon National Park.
April 30, 2021 National Park Service calls for volunteers to kill bison at Grand Canyon The National Park Service (NPS) is looking for volunteers to assist in killing bison on the North Rim of Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park.
April 24, 2021 Woman plunges 250 feet from overlook at Georgia state park A Georgia woman went over a railing at a popular state park overlook and plummeted 250 feet to her death — and witnesses said she was talking to a ranger right before the fatal fall.
April 23, 2021 Interior Secretary Haaland says people still have to wear masks at national parks U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said Friday that the nation's national parks would still require visitors to wear face masks.
April 20, 2021 Fossil site may prove tyrannosaurs lived in packs Ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves, new research unveiled Monday found.
April 9, 2021 Yosemite National Park will limit visitors this summer due to COVID-19 Park officials announced Thursday that visitors to Yosemite will need a day-use reservation to enter the park, starting May 21.
April 1, 2021 South Dakota firefighters work to contain wildfires that closed Mt. Rushmore South Dakota firefighters battling a blaze on Black Hills, which briefly forced the closure of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes, made progress overnight.
April 1, 2021 Yellowstone treasure hunter sentenced to prison for digging up graveyard Rodrick Dow Craythorn, of Syracuse, Utah, was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday for “excavating and damaging archeological resources” in the Fort Yellowstone cemetery in 2019 and 2020.
March 27, 2021 Endangered California bird to be reintroduced to skies for first time in nearly 100 years The majestic California condor is set to soar through Pacific Northwestern skies for the first time in nearly a century.
March 22, 2021 2 Massachusetts hikers found dead after falling 100 feet in Maine national park The bodies of two hikers were recovered Saturday from Acadia National Park in Maine after they fell about 100 feet from ice-covered cliff bands on Dorr Mountain, officials said.