The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, to the return of Forts Bragg and Benning and the newly re-renamed Mount ...

I've hiked Big Bend National Park, ridden a mule down the Grand Canyon and paddled a kayak at Glacier National Park. I'm ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

With a country this big, it’s no surprise you can find many beautiful mountains in the United States. Some of the most ...

I close out a series of winter articles with this account of a Baxter State Park ski trek of nearly 20 miles, hauling a ...

The "decision to return to the McKinley name" for Alaska's mountain is a "slap in the face of recent efforts to acknowledge ...

How this project will contribute to your field of science: I conduct research in subarctic ecosystems in Denali National Park, Alaska that are currently ... as highlighted by the 2024 Davis Fire, ...

Shenandoah National Park fire managers plan to conduct prescribed burns in Big Meadows and the park's headquarters between March 11 and April 30. The burns aim to maintain the open vista at Big ...

Trump administration cutbacks at parks and the Forest Service affect all Americans.

JUVENILE DISTURBANCE: 4:41 p.m. at Vasona Lake County Park on Garden Hill Drive. A juvenile on a skateboard reportedly attempted to start a fire in the children’s playground. JUVENILE ...

(Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire) Wildlife biologist Gregory Larsen worked in a team of five with the U.S. National Park Service based in Juneau at Indian Point. He lost his job as a drone pilot ...

Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.