Senator Chuck Schumer held a press conference at Saratoga National Historical Park on Monday in a push to restore federal funding for national parks.

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

The National Park Service will recruit up to 500 experienced law enforcement officers to work in national parks across the country.

As parks welcome back their furloughed staff, some are voicing concern about the challenges that await staff members as they begin the process of assessing any damage that may have occurred during ...

Ed Bearss, a former National Park Service chief historian with a penchant for Civil War history, has passed away at the age of 97.

But many endured in Nicodemus, which the Park Service notes is "the oldest continuously occupied town west of the Mississippi planned and settled by African Americans." Though the initial occupants of ...

Court documents filed Monday by the Trump administration in a bid to fire more federal employees indicate the National Park Service could lose more than 270 employees, including some who work in its ...

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 ...

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 ...

While units of the National Park System out in the East and Midwest have the market cornered for spectacular fall color, there are parks in the West which enjoy autumnal-hued foliage as well. Sequoia ...

Another popular trail to experience at Sequoia National Park in California is the Big Trees Trail. This 0.7-mile combination paved/boardwalk trail is a great introduction to giant sequoias and their ...