Parks - Page 24

December 3, 2017

Utah's tenacious efforts to take back federal land stand out

In an American West that has a love-hate relationship with the federal government's ownership of a checkerboard of parks, monuments, forest and desert in states from Washington to New Mexico, Utah stands out.

December 3, 2017

Trump plan on Utah monuments draws 5,000 protesters

Thousands rallied outside Utah's Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, protesting President Donald Trump’s expected plan to shrink two national monuments in one of America's most scenic states.  

November 15, 2017

David Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist, dead at 101

A billionaire philanthropist who was the last of his generation in the famously philanthropic Rockefeller family has died.

October 4, 2017

Stonewall Jackson monument vandalized at Manassas park

The National Park Service says it is making repairs to a Stonewall Jackson monument that was vandalized at Manassas National Battlefield.

September 29, 2017

Climber who died in rock fall at Yosemite was celebrating first wedding anniversary

The British man killed Wednesday after being crushed by a granite slab that fell off of Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan formation was celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his wife.

September 28, 2017

Slab in deadly Yosemite rockfall was 'size of an apartment building'

The identity of a person killed in California's Yosemite National Park remained unknown early Thursday after a granite slab described as "the size of an apartment building" fell off the face of El Capitan the day before.

September 26, 2017

Gold mining proposal near Yellowstone wins regulatory approval

A Canada company’s controversial bid to prospect for gold near Yellowstone National Park has won approval from Montana regulators despite local opposition.

September 26, 2017

Bald eagle struck by car, rescued by police officers and park ranger

Two Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police officers and a state park ranger helped rescue a bald eagle that was struck by a car Monday.

September 26, 2017

Vandals scrawl anti-law message on Lincoln Memorial

The National Park Service says someone used red spray paint to scrawl an anti-law message on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

July 6, 2017

Native Americans say grizzly bear decision violates religion

Native American tribes, clans and leaders from seven states and Canada say the U.S. government's recent decision to lift protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area violates their religious freedom.