US National Parks News

The National Park Service is reminding people who plan to head to the shores of Lake Michigan as the summer season begins that water conditions can change quickly from calm and inviting to rough and dangerous with little or no warning.

The city of Albuquerque and the Petroglyph National Monument have crafted a new cooperative management agreement that will improve the law enforcement capabilities of park rangers.

Starting this weekend, Richmond National Battlefield Park will explore a different aspect of the Civil War from a central Virginia perspective.

Abrahamson had been convicted of five misdemeanors after he illegally killed two bison north of Yellowstone National Park in February.

NEW YORK The Gateway National Recreation Area says all its beaches in New York and New Jersey that are staffed by lifeguards will open this weekend for the first time since Superstorm Sandy.

South Berwick resident Ted Mauger a veteran of War World II, will be presenting the wreath for the Army branch at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. this Monday.

A summer rite of passage is underway at Yosemite National Park, where the handrails on Half Dome are in place and hikers began scaling the granite monolith Friday morning.

National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis says the furloughs will end on June 3, after just three days off, because the agency has found other ways to offset automatic budget cuts imposed by Congress.

A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert.

A spring storm bearing snow and ice has delayed the reopening of the Beartooth Highway connecting Yellowstone National Park and Red Lodge, Mont.

By just about any measure, Capitol Reef National Park in south-central Utah is a sleeper.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 13-035 Yellowstone and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center staff will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 18, with free programs and a field trip that are open to the public.

Bryan Sherwood portrays a sergeant in the the 42nd Regiment of Foot May 19 at Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run in McLean.

An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.

A wildfire approached Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park , but firefighters managed to keep the flames from reaching the historic complex.

Melissa Beatty, right, and her daughter Amanda, 9, sit on a ledge overlooking some of the graves of Union soldiers killed during the Civil War at the Vicksburg military campaign, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Vicksburg, Miss.

Residents of this picturesque Lake Michigan community are known to quip, "The view of the bay is half your pay." It's a sardonic commentary on the local wage scale, but also a tribute to the stunning scenery and small-town quality of life that have lured many a newcomer from the big city - and make the area one of the Midwest's top tourist draws.

Wildfires may be the furthest thing from our minds with the cooler temperatures the Valley has been experiencing this week, but for the folks at Yosemite National Park the threat of fire is front and center.

The boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina might be one of the loveliest border crossings ever: It's the crest of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Local artist and former artist-in-residence at Glen Echo Park's Stone Tower, Michael Shibley, will present “People, Places, and Things,” a collection of his original watercolors and oils from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday at the Yellow Barn Gallery at Glen Echo Park.