After years of preparing for reintroduction, federal agencies go radio silent on plans to transport grizzly bears to the ...

North Cascades National Park Service Complex encompasses 684,000 acres of wilderness, trails and rivers, as well as Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas. In this vast terrain are jagged ...

North Cascades National Park is one of the less visited national parks, but not because it’s not beautiful, but because it’s too remote for some people. To me, that’s more reason to visit!

The Washington State Department of Transportation has reopened State Highway 20, also known as the North Cascades Highway, ...

Since its founding on August 25, 1916, the U.S. National Park Service has assembled 419 protected units, of which 62 hold the ...

In the Pacific Northwest, Washington offers the most dramatic scenery. The best place to enjoy the outdoors is in a National ...

With glacier-clad peaks rising almost vertically from thickly forested valleys, the North Cascades are often called the American Alps. The national park forms one unit of the North Cascades ...

Highway 20 between milepost 134 at Ross Dam Trailhead and milepost 171 at the Silver Star Gate had closed for the season in ...

It’s the northernmost highway that crosses the Cascades Mountains in Washington. Because of avalanche danger from the high slopes of Washington Pass and Rainy Pass, the highway is closed in late fall ...

In other words, conserve the trees, water and minerals, but use them wisely as needed over time,” Lauren Danner, a historian and author of a book on the creation of North Cascades National Park ...

For over a century, national parks have been a staple of American culture, providing the public an opportunity to explore the ...