The Latest Breaking News from Park Service

LEXINGTON, Ky. — This month marks the 106th birthday of the National Park Service, and it’s inviting park visitors across the country to join in the celebration by submitting their favorite photos, videos and other creations capturing America’s wonderful wilderness.

A federal appeals court has dismissed an appeal from South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in her legal fight to hold a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore to celebrate Independence Day last year

Californians are shutting off their irrigation systems to reduce water consumption amid a devastating, climate-driven drought. In Yosemite National Park, sprinklers were turned on in hopes of slowing the climate-driven Washburn fire from threatening the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias.

The growing wildfire in California threatens some of the tallest grove of giant sequoia trees in the Yosemite National Park.

WASHINGTON — Even as the House Appropriations Committee is proposing to offer a multimillion-dollar boost for national parks and federal land, the recent catastrophic flooding at Yellowstone National Park shows the increase may not be enough.

Additional spending proposed by House appropriators may be inadequate to protect national parks from the ravages of climate change.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has applied for a permit to hold a fireworks show at Mount Rushmore to celebrate Independence Day 2023

The National Park Service is trying to include more Black history into the story of America. Some of the proposed sites are painful, others are controversial.

The former Amache internment camp in Colorado was recently named a national historic site. Thousands were held there during World War II.

The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams says he and other federal officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands