more than 15,000 mining claims are within 30 miles of a national park or monument, according to the National Parks Conservation Association. Beau Kiklis, associate director of landscape ...

The National Park Service is offering free entrance on Saturday, April 19, in honor of the first day of National Park Week. There are six national parks within an hour and a half radius of the ...

Fact Sheets: Download the key facts and numbers on mining threats for each state in the West, linked at the top of this page. 30-Mile Map PDFs: View and download these maps of mining activity within a ...

The Department of Interior is exploring ways to use federal lands for energy production, and national park advocates worry that could put some park sites at risk. Citing an executive order by ...

The possibility of a shutdown means many federally funded national parks, monuments and attractions could be closed until the government reopens. Even though popular Washington, D.C., attractions ...

THE United States have long given a lead to the world in the matter of national parks. Although the Yellowstone Park is world-famous, it is but one of their many Nature reserves, embracing some ...

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.