Yosemite National Park will implement a new reservation system in 2025 to manage crowds and protect resources, according to a version of a National Park Service press release provided to SFGATE by a ...

Planning to visit Yosemite this year? After recent delays, campground reservations for summer 2025 will now begin opening on ...

This town tucked high in the Chiricahua Mountains is surrounded by towering cliffs and lush forests. Here's how to plan a trip to tiny Portal, AZ.

As spring approaches wildflowers bloom in Tuolumne County, painting the landscape with vibrant shades of yellow, blue, purple ...

C an you really see the best of Sequoia National Park in just one day? We set out to find out. Living only four hours away, ...

Boy did Americans and other visitors make good use of US National Park Service sites in 2024 — enough to set a record. The NPS has reached a new overall milestone, with almost 331.9 million ...

A well-known bureaucratic response to any attempt to reduce government spending is called, “The Washington Monument Strategy.” Whenever somebody suggests cutting the budget, just shut down the ...

A federal employee impacted by DOGE went from Yosemite’s El Capitan to Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s El Capitan Wednesday night. At the end of his monologue, Kimmel introduced Nate Vince, a locksmith at ...

Pensioner Sean Meehan is appealing a four-month prison sentence imposed at Cashel District Court for not complying with a direction of Tipperary County Council to demolish a log cabin he built on ...

As the Trump administration continues to slash the federal workforce, the National Park Service — which has lost nearly 10% of its staff to the sweeping cuts — just reported that 2024 set a ...