Jan 18, 2026
During a typical summer day at Yellowstone National Park roughly 3,000 vehicles enter through the North Entrance and head down to Mammoth Hot Springs so their passengers can begin their park adventure.
Up until June 2022 their route took them along the Gardner River. But that all changed on June 13, 2022, when...
Jan 11, 2026
A dramatic battle is being waged on the flanks of Halealakā National Park to save rare Honeycreeper birds that exist only in Hawaii.
It’s believed that the 50-odd known living or extinct species of honeycreepers all evolved from a single colonizing ancestor that arrived on Hawaii, the world's most remote island...
Dec 28, 2025
This year, 2025, likely will go down as the most transitional for the National Park Service. We’ve seen the loss of nearly a quarter of the permanent workforce, efforts to whitewash history in some parks, and the loss of a grand lodge to wildfire.
The past 12 months have been full of news impacting the National Park...
Dec 21, 2025
A century of seasons has worn the appearance of the log cabin Roy Fure built in present-day Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, but his care of the small cabin, and later National Park Service restoration efforts, have enabled it to stand the test of time.
Dovetail-notched spruce logs still sit...
Dec 14, 2025
After more than 50 years as one of the country’s landmark environmental laws, the Endangered Species Act has gone from one of the most popular measures before Congress to one fueling demands that it be revised, if not discarded.
The National Parks Traveler is reviewing the Endangered Species Act's work and its record,...