Uncover the rugged beauty and rich Indigenous history of Utah – a vast state with some of the country’s most famous national ...

Colonel Charles Young lived a remarkable life, overcoming racism and injustice to become a respected military officer, park steward and inspirational leader. In 1884, Second Lieutenant Charles Young ...

Every national park site sits on ancestral lands. So what does it mean to be a Native American working for the Park Service today? “I am not an artifact,” said Albert LeBeau III, an archaeologist and ...

Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi? When 14-year-old Emmett Till left Chicago for ...

Average annual temperature increase over the last century in the high-elevation park from climate change Rocky Mountain National Park covers 415 square miles atop the Continental Divide in the Front ...

Meet America’s Buffalo Soldiers—some of the nation’s first park rangers. On a clear fall day in California in 1903, a group of soldiers and civilians, both African American and Caucasian, gathered in ...

On the outskirts of Glacier National Park, dozens of new wildlife crossings allow animals to traverse areas that once posed serious risks to human and critter alike. And it’s just the beginning. A ...

A growing number of Americans are hopping on mountain bikes as a way to connect with the natural world. But do knobby tires belong on national park trails? In 1861, Major General Nelson A. Miles, a ...

Did Josie Bassett Morris meet outlaw Butch Cassidy in a cabin that’s now part of Dinosaur National Monument decades after his supposed death? Almost a century ago, famed bank and train robbers Butch ...

This recreation area encompasses more than two dozen natural, historic and cultural sites in and around the city of San Francisco. Experience the isolation of Alcatraz, America’s first “supermax” ...

NPCA believes that as this complex nation continues to grow and evolve, so must its protected lands. All across the country, we’re hearing from communities calling for the creation of new national ...

Magazine Article Chasing a Troubled River Spring 2024 | By Rona Marech The mighty Colorado River and its tributaries run through seven states and 10 national park sites and provide water and ...