States where national parks draw major tourism lobbied to keep them open during past shutdowns, and Utah agreed to donate $1.7 million in 2013 to keep its national parks open. Arizona, Colorado, New ...

One of Mississippi's most-visited cultural attractions has reopened in the midst of the government shutdown, thanks to funding from a nonprofit group.

Forget Route 66 - did you know that Route 89 takes you from Arizona up to Montana with stops at the best US national parks?

Not quite. National parks often remain physically open to the public during a government shutdown, but services are limited or nonexistent. Think of it this way: the gates might be open, but no one is ...

One of Mississippi’s most-visited cultural attractions has reopened in the midst of the government shutdown, thanks to funding from a nonprofit group.

Behind the scenes, park advocacy groups and some staff members said all is not well in the country's national parks.

DENVER — When the government shut down in 2018, a Mississippi nonprofit interceded to fund a bare-bones crew to keep one of the state’s most-visited cultural attractions operating. Now, the group is ...

Twenty-one collared wolves currently roam Colorado, and at least 10 pups were born this summer in the state’s four packs.

Aspen groves and colorful oak trees give the park “a calmer, less crowded beauty this time of year,” Quartz said.

This shutdown is going to be bad for the national parks and all of our public lands," says Dan Ritzman, director of conservation at the Sierra Club, a US-based environmental organization. "This action ...

Parks Canada has issued a bear warning for a popular hiking area in Banff National Park, the latest in a long list of warnings and closures posted for the mountain parks.

In an effort to promote enjoyment of state parks in all seasons, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) recently announced that its interactive fall foliage map, has ...