The Park Service points out that wild animals can be aggressive when people do not respect their space, and visitors are responsible for staying at least 25 yards away from all large animals. Bison ...

Parks Canada's Jennifer Dubois led the team that reimagined and finally reopened the Valley of the Five Lakes trail in Jasper National Park, nearly two years after a devastating wildfire/Jennifer Bain ...

Rocky Mountain National Park has implemented Stage 2 fire restrictions due to extreme fire danger, the extended weather forecast, and current fire activity in Colorado. With the updated restrictions, ...

In the 5th Annual Threatened and Endangered Parks series the National Parks Traveler's editors and writers took a look at some key issues that not only threatened the health of the parks and the very ...

A hop-and-a-skip from Flagstaff, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is a park in which to spend the day hiking, photographing, and learning about that park’s volcanic environment and human ...

A copy of National Parks Traveler's financial statements may be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: National Parks Traveler, P.O. Box 980452, Park City, Utah 84098. National ...

For most of her 13+ years with the Traveler, contributing photographer Rebecca Latson has spent time in western, northwestern, and southwestern park units. In early May 2026, Rebecca traveled to ...

Boca Chita Key Lighthouse in Biscayne National Park has reopened to public visitation following more than two years of major repairs and restoration work ...

Grand Canyon National Park will lift trail closures related to the Transcanyon Waterline Replacement Project on Friday, June 26, five days ahead of schedule.

A legal maneuver by the National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration that allows them to dodge environmental analysis and increase to as many as 2,700 air tours over Bay Area national ...

A rampaging wildfire burning to the south of Canyonlands National Park in Utah has prompted the National Park Service to close the park's Needles District and urge all visitors to leave the district.

A nearly 100-acre wildfire was burning Thursday in a remote section of Olympic National Park in Washington state, with air and ground resources called in to try to contain it.