Happy 100th birthday to Grand Canyon National Park!
"unique combinations of geologic color and erosional forms…that overwhelm our senses through its immense size" On February 26, 201
Millions of acres approved for land conservation and a permanent funding source is enacted
“a rare moment of bipartisanship … and a rare victory for environmentalists” In recent months, the partial shut-down of the US federal gover
The last of Zinke - and the horse he rode in on.....leaving Interior Department
(Above: Not Ryan Zinke) Every change of administration from one political party to the next brings cautious concern over the new directions
Hope for Hopewell despite US withdrawal from UNESCO
"The remarkable legacy of the Hopewell culture’s people in Ohio connects us to those who inhabited our land thousands of years ago." In...
“The blinding whiteness in the great outdoors”—diversity and national parks
"I see lots of other people who remind me of myself: aging and white." The US national park system, often called America’s best idea,...
“A vigil for a willow tree at a community garden”—the cultural importance of trees
Central Park in New York City is perhaps the best-known international example of an urban park. Photographer Daniel Arnold spent much of...
Recreating the wilderness—climate change challenges management of National Parks
When Central Park was created in New York City in 1857, the parks landscape designers—Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux—chose the...
Permafrost is no longer permanent—“Even here in sub-Arctic Alaska the rate of warming is high.”
The US federal government is the largest landowner in Alaska, controlling some 60% of the total land area, or 220 million acres of land....
Wild about the Everglades? Look again.
Everglades National Park was created in 1934 to protect its incredibly diverse ecosystems from encroaching urban development in southern...
The Reconstruction Era in the US National Park Service—a new theme study for this “complex and conte
Under the National Historic Landmarks Program, the National Park Service has developed a series of initiatives designed to identify,...