US National Parks News

Any Iowa State University student, alumni or employee can tell you the most famous graduate of that institution is George Washington Carver.

Mickey Eisenberg of Seattle atop Three Way Peak in Mount Rainier National Park. Eisenberg and fellow climber Gene Yore recently wrote an e-book guide to climbing 100 peaks in Mount Rainier National Park.

Visitors on the Natchez Trace Parkway spent nearly $126 million in 2012, supporting more than 1,550 jobs, a new National Park Service report shows.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed removing a dam on the Green River near Mammoth Cave National Park.

The winter bison reduction at Yellowstone has ended, but not before authorities neeed the help of a welder to remove a protester.

The SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif. announced on Friday that the 3rd annual Marsfest will take place March 28-30 2014 in Death Valley National Park.

Diane Muno decided a few years ago to run four Estes Park businesses in a bid to stay afloat in a seasonal, tourism-driven economy.

No park rangers welcoming you to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Gates shuttered at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Meet this 50-foot snowman named 'Granddaddy': A 50-foot snowman built by a farmer in Minnesota is named Granddaddy.

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Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department's Districts 4 and 7 responded to a car fire next to the home located at 1710 Avon Road around Crews arrived on scene to find a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado with heavy smoke exiting the engine compartment.

Las Vegas cab driver Keith Goldberg's siblings say they knew almost immediately that something terrible had happened to their brother when he went missing in January 2012.

On an icy island wilderness near the tip of Minnesota, a female gray wolf's demise has added to the debate about whether authorities should try to save the wolves of Isle Royale National Park.

Yellowstone National Park administrators say shipments of wild bison to slaughter are done for the winter after almost 600 animals were removed in an effort to shrink their numbers.

A rendering of the planned Washington Monument screening facility, a opaque glass cube that will fit 20-25 visitors at a time.

Glacier National Park in Montana offers winter snowshoe walks from January through March every weekend.

As New Mexico heads toward a potentially devastating fire season, there's a threat to to the state's public lands that may come as a surprise.

Long-standing friends Sammie Hallgren, Kirsta Graf and Tessah Indlecoffer at the Winter Week pepfest on Jan. 31. Kirsta Graf is well known among her peers and the faculty at Mounds View High School for her exuberance, positive attitude and her unwavering commitment to her school.

Due to the continued very high fire danger and current level of fire activity in the State of Utah, Superintendent Kate Cannon has announced fire restrictions for Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments.

Park rangers have arrested a man who chained himself to a cement-filled drum to protest the slaughter of bison migrating from Yellowstone National Park.