Boise State Public Radio

As shutdown drags on, advocates worry about costs for national parks

The Trump Administration is using revenue from recreation fees to keep bathrooms clean and trash tidy at national parks ...

Everything's Fine in the Great Smokies! (Seriously, There's Nothing to See Here.)

Outside’s national parks columnist braved America’s busiest national park before a coalition of local governments and ...

No maps, brown water: Shutdown woes at California’s smallest national park

When Andrew Snow arrived at the campground in Pinnacles National Park in early October, there was a problem. The drinking ...
Green Matters

Visitors Annoyed as Drinking Water Turned Brown in California’s Smallest National Park Amid Shutdown

Since October 1, the government shutdown has caused national parks to lay off thousands of employees. Now the visitors are ...
Opinion

What’s the Trump Administration’s End Game for the National Parks? I Saw It in Yosemite.

During the Civil War, Congress passed the 1864 Yosemite Act, which designated the Valley and the Mariposa Grove as the first federally authorized park. (These areas would be held in trust by the state ...