A series of ads in bus shelters across Washington, DC, is calling attention to the negative effects of funding and staffing ...

Your support for the National Parks Traveler comes at a time when news organizations are finding it hard, if not impossible, to stay in business. Traveler's work is vital. For nearly two decades we've ...

Charles "Chuck" Sams came to the National Park Service's directorship as an outsider being counted on to improve employee morale, fight harassment in the agency, oversee how millions of Great American ...

Your support for the National Parks Traveler comes at a time when news organizations are finding it hard, if not impossible, to stay in business. Traveler's work is vital. For nearly two decades we've ...

The government shutdown has been record-setting in terms of its length. So, too, has been the time that many employees of the National Park Service have been furloughed without pay. How has the ...

An analysis of job posting data from 2023 to 2025 has found that non-federal conservation hiring in the United States collapsed beginning in mid-February 2025 and shows few signs of recovering as the ...

All units of the National Park System protect and preserve something, be it history, culture, landscape, wildlife, one or more ecosystems, or all the above. If you happen to travel to or through ...

This week's podcast from the National Parks Traveler brought together four leaders of friends groups from around the country who raised concerns not only for national parks but also for National Park ...

It’s time to test your national parks knowledge with this November quiz and trivia piece. This one is all about Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California. See just how much you really know ...

A $5 million donation from the Dunleavy Foundation to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy will go toward supporting the Wild East Action Fund to advance local efforts to protect 200,000 acres of the ...

What appears to be recently painted graffiti has been spotted in Arches National Park in Utah, although when it first appeared hasn't been determined. The word "Grug" was spotted in a number of ...