The Trump Administration is allowing industrial mining in Mojave National Preserve, disregarding National Park Service ...

Ranger Shelton Johnson only ENHANCED my understanding of the Buffalo Soldiers with his performance of “Through the Eyes of a Buffalo Soldier.” I have had a number of conversations with him and he is a ...

"In these times of staffing cuts and uncertainty, we’ll take this glimmer of hope for Mount Rainier, but the national park ...

Congress will vote next week on U.S. House legislation that could hand over public lands next to Zion National Park to county and possibly private interests. NPCA is working to stop it. Visitors love ...

Scientists debate how Devil’s Tower was formed, but agree that about 65 million years ago, molten lava was forced into existing hard rock formations, cooling and eroding over millions of years into ...

Explore Abraham Lincoln's humble beginnings by visiting the remnants of two farm sites where Lincoln was born and lived until he was seven. Visitors can see a log cabin similar to Lincoln’s first home ...

I have been solo backpacking in the Canyon several times over the past 40 years. Around 20 years ago, I decided I wanted to do a loop around Horseshoe Mesa from Grandview to Bright Angel over several ...

On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

It’s the iconic image of the American Southwest: The giant saguaro cactus, standing tall amid the arid desert, arms perpetually raised to the sky. At Saguaro National Park, you can see more than 1.6 ...

Our family’s most memorable ranger is Fred Bunch, chief of resource management at Great Sand Dunes National Park. We first encountered Fred during the evening ranger program as we camped at the Dunes ...