In New Mexico, Carlsbad Caverns National Park had cancelled all ranger-led tours. Colorado's Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument announced it would be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays due to the ...

This is not how our national parks, starting with Yellowstone in 1872, became known as “America’s best idea.” But it is an idea that is quite symbolic of where we are today, with a president ...

Trump is promising to open these critical habitats to mining, drilling and logging. There’s so much at stake. As Ken Burns’ ...

The National Parks: America's Best Idea is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be ...

Firing federal employees without regard for the importance of their work or the consequence of their loss is not smart - or ...

The community engagement and outreach efforts around The National Parks: America's Best Idea were designed to help create a larger discussion about a variety of topics: the unique American idea ...

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Here, The Wall Street Journal lays out an objective view of the best national parks from Acadia to Zion across four criteria: crowds, hiking trails, campsites and the availability of other ...

California is home to three of the best national parks in the country, according to Lonely Planet. The travel guide recently ...

When the federal government fired some of the Park Service staff who work at the canyon, this was the scene near the South Rim: A protest at Grand Canyon National ... are America's best idea." ...