As national parks throughout the country receive more visitors than ever, a handful are turning to reservation programs to mitigate overcrowding. But while some popular summer destinations, like Yosemite and Mount Rainier’s Sunrise corridor, rely on reservation programs to stagger entries, one Southwest park is pausing its timed-entry system.

Campfires in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park have been restricted to established fire rings as of noon Friday, July 11. The U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service announced the new restriction in a Thursday news release, citing dry conditions, high fire danger and active wildfires in the region.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers and nonprofits are pushing to establish the next national park in the U.S. in Georgia. Here's where.

A 54-year-old Blakeslee man died after his kayak capsized in the Delaware River. His body was recovered Wednesday afternoon.

Georgia lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans, are pushing for the Ocmulgee Mounds to become a National Park and Preserve.

In a move that could reshape how millions of visitors experience America’s most iconic landscapes, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 3 that alters entry fee and reservation system policies across the national park system.

Every dollar given stays in the park where it was donated. Contributions have supported efforts such as protecting the endangered nēnē (Hawaiian geese) at Haleakalā and Hawaiʻi Volcanoes national parks, preserving cultural sites like the great heiau (temple) at Puʻukoholā National Historic Site and enhancing the visitor experience.

More than five years after being destroyed by the Black Summer bushfires, two heritage huts in the ACT's Namadgi National Park remain burnt-out, fenced-off ruins, despite government promises to build two new structures in remembrance of them.

There are seven units of the National Park System located within the Chihuahuan Desert, and while this desert landscape looks barren, stark, and even monotonous, it is considered the most diverse in the Northern Hemisphere.