The Latest Breaking News from the National Park Service

From the start of the second Trump administration there has been a steady flow of bad news for staff and services at the NPS.

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Repeated fall storms led to the temporary lake, known as Lake Manly, appearing in basin 282ft beneath sea level

Ocmulgee Mounds, a site in central Georgia with 12,000 years of Indigenous history, may be on the verge of becoming the newest U.S. national park. This is the flagship designation of the National Park Service system, which includes many types of properties in addition to formally designated national parks.

NPS also announced that, starting in 2026, entry free days will only apply for American citizens and residents.

It comes as international visitors face a steep new fee to visit America’s parks

The Interior Department said the "America-first" policy will see "resident-only patriotic fee-free days" on some holidays.

The National Park Service says it is going to start charging international tourists an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular U.S. parks

The crack in the Royal Arches is about four inches

A federal prosecutor in Wyoming pledges to “rigorously” prosecute people for small amounts of marijuana in national parks and on other public lands

It's the central question in the tariff cases, and one exchange during oral argument caught my ear