Port Angeles, Wash. — The father of a 4-year-old is being hailed as a hero after, park officials say, the child was bitten by a mountain lion while walking with their family over the weekend on a popular trail in Olympic National Park in Washington state. The child was flown to a trauma center in…
A large bust of Elon Musk complete with the slogans “MAKE AMERICA WAIT AGAIN” and “Now With Longer Lines Thanks to DOGE Cuts!” was spotted on Saturday at Arches National Park in Utah. Newsweek contacted Musk, via the Tesla and SpaceX press offices, and the National Park Service for comment on Thursday via email outside…
How summer trips to national parks could look different this year – CBS News Watch CBS News The National Park Service reported a record-setting year with nearly 332 million visits in 2024. This year, an advocacy group says federal budget cuts and policy changes could have serious impacts for visitors. CBS News’ Nancy Chen reports….
By Steve Gorman and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to increase entrance fees at U.S. national parks for visitors from other countries, even as his administration seeks to cut national park spending by more than a third. The additional revenue generated by higher fees from foreign tourists…
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling on the national park system to charge higher entry fees for foreign visitors. It instructs Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — who oversees the National Park Service — to “develop a strategy” to hike entrance fees and recreation pass fees for non-U.S. residents at any national park that…
How DOGE cuts are jeopardizing our national parks – CBS News Watch CBS News As part of the Trump administration’s effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce, approximately 1,000 employees have been laid off by the National Park Service. In the weeks since, protests have erupted at many of the 433 units of…
Fired National Park worker can’t afford Crohn’s drug without health insurance – CBS News Watch CBS News Stacy Ramsey worked in Arkansas’ Ozark National Forest as the only permanent river ranger, saving dozens of hikers and boaters on search and rescue missions. This month, she was let go as part of the Trump administration’s federal…
When Brian Gibbs woke up on Valentine’s Day on Friday, it was just another morning of getting to do what he loved at his “dream job” as an education park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. By that afternoon, the father and husband said he was “absolutely heartbroken and completely devastated” to have…
Nature: Zion National Park in Utah Nature: Zion National Park in Utah 01:48 A hiker was found dead on a rocky trail at the Zion National Park on Sunday, local officials said. The 37-year-old hiker, who authorities have not identified, likely fell to his death while trekking the mile-long Canyon Overlook Trail sometime before 7…
Park rangers at Death Valley National Park in California rescued a man who got stranded in a steep and unstable gully, the National Park Service said Sunday. Two Belgian men were on a hike on Wednesday in Mosaic Canyon when they decided to split up, with one hiker on the main trail and the other…