William Howard Taft is the only person to serve as both U.S. president and Supreme Court Chief Justice during his career. The ...

When taken together, the cumulative impact of these actions and orders on our national parks and park staff could be ...

Spanning seven counties and nine ecosystems, not far from the Texas-Louisiana border, Big Thicket National Preserve weaves together internationally renowned biological diversity with the rich history ...

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 ...

With more than 1.6 million members and supporters beside us, we are the voice of America’s national parks, working to protect and preserve our nation’s most iconic and inspirational places for present ...

What President Trump's new executive orders could mean for national parks and their staff ...

With Booker T. Washington’s help, Julius Rosenwald built 5,000 schools for Black students across 15 Southern states. Why do so few people know his name? Mostly, what Newell Quinton knew about his ...

Wild donkeys are cute but destructive, and park officials don’t know what to do with them. To see Death Valley National Park’s largest animal, your best bet is to head west on California state Route ...

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Photographer George Grant has never been widely known, but his skillfully crafted work helped popularize the idea that the national parks belong to everyday Americans. In a conference room at the ...

For more than four decades, Jill Baron has studied the changes to the air and water quality of a small corner of Rocky Mountain National Park, and her research exposed one of the biggest threats to ...

For decades, advocates have defended Manassas National Battlefield Park from one threat after another. Now with the specter of a massive data center project looming, they may be facing their biggest ...