The National Park Service has reopened a portion of the Loop Road and the Lava Flow Campground at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in southern Idaho to motor vehicle travel after ...

The number of mining claims on U.S. public lands is growing. A 27% increase since 2019 has brought the total to nearly a half ...

Public lands are quintessentially American, and in many ways they define and shape the American identity. There are a few ways to better shield them from political whims.

In 2024, there were more than 331 million people who visited national parks and monuments in the U.S. Some of the states that had the most visitors include D.C., California and Virginia.

For example, four national parks and monuments in southeastern Utah ... Creating White Clouds Wilderness in Idaho, for example, took decades and a public campaign to have it designated a national ...