No Rangers And Hikers On Their Own, The Shutdown’s Impact On National Parks

How the government shutdown is impacting national parks and hikers during peak fall season. Trails are left unattended, ...

National park communities may lose millions each day during the shutdown

Small towns near national parks are losing millions each day as the government shutdown forces reduced staffing and visitor ...

As tourists continue to visit national parks and DC, advocates and local businesses warn about long-term impact of shutdown

The government shutdown didn’t deter 26-year-old Nudrat Mahajabin from visiting Grand Canyon National Park earlier this month ...

The Most Scenic Nature Getaways in Every State

You don't have to travel far to see some of the world's most stunning natural wonders. From shimmering turquoise lakes to ...
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Complete guide to Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Complete guide to Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota including things to see, how to get to the park, lodg ...

I Tried to Toughen Up My Son. Things Didn’t Go as Planned.

Still, I hadn’t gotten past my fear of him being bullied — and I couldn’t quite let go of my mission to toughen him up. And ...

Cross-country roundup: NLS girls take the title

New London-Spicer freshman Kyla Vick repeated as the Wright County Conference West champion, as did her Wildcats, on a gloomy, chilly and rainy Thursday. Vick, who is ranked eighth in Class A, broke ...
BBC

Week-long fire at Namibia's Etosha National Park contained

A fire that ravaged a third of a Namibia's Etosha National Park is "now contained", according to the country's environment minister, Indeleni Daniel. The blaze at the wildlife reserve, one of southern ...
WYFF

Great Smoky Mountains National Park faces partial closure amid government shutdown

CAROL. THANK YOU JANE. THIS TIME OF YEAR, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HITS TOURISM SEASON STRIDE. BUT WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN UNDERWAY, ONE POPULAR NATIONAL PARK COULD PARTIALLY SHUT DOWN. OUR PEYTON ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Songbird heard for first time since 1890s in WA park

The song of the noisy scrub-bird is being heard in WA's West Cape Howe National Park for the first time in more than a century. The functionally flightless bird was thought to be extinct but was ...
The Courier-Mail

Fires break out at Marian Mill, Cape Palmerston National Park, Slade Point

A Queensland Fire Department spokesman said firefighters were called to the Marian Mill, west of Mackay, after 2pm to reports of a fire in the roof of a shed. A fire has broken out at a Marian Mill ...
Palm Beach Post

Groups come together to ease Great Smoky Mountains National Park government shutdown woes

A federal government shutdown has cut off services at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Restrooms will remain open and trash collection will continue as they are considered essential services.