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‘We Had To Get Out.’ Business Is Booming At National Parks
By: Nathan Rott | NPR
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Visits to Yellowstone National Park are higher than last year as Americans look to escape their pandemic confines. Their business is welcome relief, despite worries they’ll also bring coronavirus.

Crowd Mostly Favors Bill to Redesignate New River Gorge
By: Associated Press
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FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) – A bill to redesignate the New River Gorge National River in West Virginia as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve got a mostly favorable… Read More

National Park Service Plans To Expand Operations Amid Government Shutdown
By: Amanda Morris | NPR
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Volunteers and a skeletal staff have maintained sites in some parks. In others, the amount of damage and trash triggered an unprecedented move from the National Park Service to return more workers.